Download MSI MS-7226 (V1.X) User`s manual

K9N Diamond Series
MS-7226 (V1.X) Mainboard
G52-72261X1
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Copyright Notice
T he material in this doc ument is the intellec tual property of M ICRO-STAR
INTERNATIONAL. We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no
guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under
continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice.
Trademarks
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Revision History
Revision
Revision History
Date
V1.0
First release for PCB 1.X
June 2006
Technical Support
If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user’s
manual, please contact your place of purchase or local distributor. Alternatively,
please try the following help resources for further guidance.
Visit the MSI website for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates,
and other information: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/faq/
faq/esc_faq_list.php
Contact our technical staff at: http://support.msi.com.tw/
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Safety Instructions
1.
Always read the safety instructions carefully.
2.
Keep this User’s Manual for future reference.
3.
Keep this equipment away from humidity.
4.
Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up.
5.
The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equipment from overheating. DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS.
6.
Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110/220V before connecting the equipment to the power inlet.
7.
Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it. Do not place
anything over the power cord.
8.
Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add-on card or module.
9.
All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted.
10. Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical
shock.
11. If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by service
personnel:
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†
†
†
The power cord or plug is damaged.
Liquid has penetrated into the equipment.
The equipment has been exposed to moisture.
The equipment does not work well or you can not get it work according to
User’s Manual.
† The equipment has dropped and damaged.
† The equipment has obvious sign of breakage.
12. DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT UNCONDITIONED, STORAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE 600 C (1400F), IT MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT.
CAUT ION: Danger of expl os i on if bat ter y i s i nc orrec tl y r epl ac ed.
Replac e only with the same or equivalent type rec ommended by the
manufacturer.
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FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement
T h is eq uip men t h as been
tested and found to c omply
with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part
15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the measures listed
below.
† Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
† Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
† Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
† Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.
Notice 1
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Notice 2
Shielded interface cables and A.C. power cord, if any, must be used in order to
comply with the emission limits.
VOIR LA NOTICE D’INSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU.
Micro-Star International
MS-7226
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
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WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement
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CONTENTS
Copyright Notice .............................................................................................................. ii
Trademarks ....................................................................................................................... ii
Revision History .............................................................................................................. ii
Technical Support ........................................................................................................... ii
Safety Instructions ......................................................................................................... iii
FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ........................................................ iv
W EEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement .................................... v
Chapter 1 Getting Started ..................................................................................... 1-1
Mainboard Specifications ................................................................................... 1-2
Mainboard Layout ................................................................................................ 1-4
Packing Checklist ................................................................................................. 1-5
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ................................................................................... 2-1
Quick Components Guide .................................................................................... 2-2
CPU (Central Processing Unit) ............................................................................ 2-3
CPU Installation Procedures for Socket AM2 ............................................ 2-4
Installing AMD Socket AM2 CPU Cooler Set ............................................... 2-5
Memory ................................................................................................................. 2-6
Dual-Channel Memory Population Rules .................................................... 2-6
Installing DDRII Modules ............................................................................... 2-7
Power Supply ...................................................................................................... 2-8
ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW 1/ JPWR2 .............................................. 2-8
ATX 24-Pin Power Connector: JPWR1 ...................................................... 2-8
Important Notification about Power Issue .................................................. 2-9
Back Panel .......................................................................................................... 2-10
Connectors ........................................................................................................ 2-12
Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 .......................................................... 2-12
ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 ....................................................... 2-12
Serial ATA Connectors: SATA1~SATA6 ................................................... 2-13
Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1, NBFAN1 & PWRFAN1 .. 2-14
Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: JCI1 .............................................. 2-14
Aux Line-In Connector: JCD1 ................................................................... 2-14
Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUD1 ...................................................... 2-15
IrDA Infrared Module Header: JIR1 ........................................................... 2-15
Front USB Connectors: JUSB1, JUSB2 & JUSB3 ................................... 2-16
IEEE 1394 Connectors: J1394_1/ J1394_2 ............................................. 2-17
Front Panel Connectors: JFP1/ JFP2 ....................................................... 2-18
D-Bracket™ 2 Connector: JDB1 ............................................................... 2-19
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Button ................................................................................................................. 2-20
Clear CMOS Button : SW1 ......................................................................... 2-20
Slots .................................................................................................................... 2-21
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slots ....................... 2-21
NV SLI Technology .................................................................................... 2-22
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots ...................................... 2-24
PCI Interrupt Request Routing ................................................................... 2-24
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ............................................................................................. 3-1
Entering Setup ..................................................................................................... 3-2
Control Keys ................................................................................................ 3-3
Getting Help .................................................................................................. 3-3
General Help <F1> ....................................................................................... 3-3
The Main Menu ..................................................................................................... 3-4
Standard CMOS Features ................................................................................... 3-6
Advanced BIOS Features ................................................................................... 3-9
Advanced Chipset Features ............................................................................. 3-11
Integrated Peripherals ....................................................................................... 3-12
Power Management Setup ............................................................................... 3-15
PNP/PCI Configurations ..................................................................................... 3-18
H/W Monitor ........................................................................................................ 3-20
Cell Menu ............................................................................................................ 3-22
Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults ................................................................. 3-30
BIOS Setting Password ..................................................................................... 3-31
Appendix A Introduction to DigiCell .................................................................. A-1
Activating DigiCell ................................................................................................ A-2
Main ...................................................................................................................... A-2
Introduction: ................................................................................................. A-3
H/W Diagnostic ..................................................................................................... A-5
Communication ..................................................................................................... A-6
Software Access Point ....................................................................................... A-7
Terminology .................................................................................................. A-7
Access Point Mode ..................................................................................... A-8
WLAN Card Mode ........................................................................................ A-9
Live Update ........................................................................................................ A-10
MEGA STICK ....................................................................................................... A-11
Basic Function ............................................................................................ A-11
Non-Unicode programs supported ........................................................... A-13
Power On Agent ................................................................................................ A-15
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Power On ................................................................................................... A-15
Power Off / Restart ................................................................................... A-16
Start W ith .................................................................................................... A-16
Auto Login .................................................................................................. A-17
Appendix B Creative Sound Blaster ................................................................... B-1
Hardware Setup .................................................................................................. B-2
Installation for W indows 2000/XP .............................................................. B-6
Installing the Creative Audio Driver .................................................................... B-6
Software Configuration ...................................................................................... B-8
SURROUNDMIXER ....................................................................................... B-9
SPEAKER SETTINGS ................................................................................ B-10
MEDIA SOURCE PLAYER .......................................................................... B-11
EAX CONSOLE ......................................................................................... B-12
GRAPHIC EQUALIZER ............................................................................... B-16
Appendix C nVidia RAID ......................................................................................... C-1
Introduction .......................................................................................................... C-2
System Requirement ................................................................................... C-2
RAID Arrays ................................................................................................. C-2
Summary of RAID Configurations ............................................................... C-2
RAID Configuration .............................................................................................. C-3
Basic Configuration Instructions ................................................................ C-3
Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS ....................................................................... C-3
Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array) ................................ C-7
NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation ............................................................................. C-9
Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under W indows(for Non-bootable RAID
Arr ay) ........................................................................................................... C-9
Initializing and Using the Disk Array ......................................................... C-10
RAID Drives Management .................................................................................. C-12
Viewing RAID Array Configurations ........................................................ C-12
Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk ................................................................... C-13
Morphing From One RAID Array to Another ............................................ C-17
Hot Plug Array ............................................................................................ C-18
Initializing a RAID Array ............................................................................. C-19
Rebuilding a RAID Array ............................................................................ C-22
Synchronizing a RAID Array ..................................................................... C-25
Appendix D nVidia System Driver ...................................................................... D-1
nVidia System Driver Installation ........................................................................ D-2
NVIDIA System Driver .................................................................................. D-2
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nVidia Utility Installaion ........................................................................................ D-5
Appendix E Dual Core Center .............................................................................. E-1
Activating Dual Core Center ............................................................................... E-2
Main ...................................................................................................................... E-3
DOT ....................................................................................................................... E-5
Clock ..................................................................................................................... E-6
Voltage ................................................................................................................. E-7
FAN Speed ........................................................................................................... E-8
Temperature ......................................................................................................... E-9
User Profile ........................................................................................................ E-10
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Getting Started
Chapter 1
Getting Started
Thank you for choosing the K9N Diamond Series (MS7226 v1.X) ATX mainboard. The K9N Diamond Series
mainboards are based on nVidia ® nForce 590 SLI
chipsets for optimal system efficiency. Designed to fit
the advanced AMD® Athlon 64 X2/ Athlon 64/ Athlon
FX & Sempron processor, the K9N Diamond Series
deliver a high performance and professional desktop
platform solution.
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Mainboard Specifications
Processor Support
- AMD® Athlon 64/ FX/ X2 and Sempron in the socket AM2 package
(For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.
com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.
php)
Supported FSB
- HyperTransport supporting speed up to 1 GHz (2000MT/s)
Chipset
- North Bridge: nVidia® C51XE chipset
- South Bridge: nVidia® MCP55PXE chipset
M emory Support
- DDRII 533/667/800 SDRAM (8GB Max)
- 4 DDRII DIMMs (240pin/ non-ECC)
(For more information on compatible components, please visit http:/
/ w w w .ms i . c om. tw / p r og r a m/ p r od u c t s /ma i n b oa r d/ mb d /
pro_mbd_trp_list.php)
LAN
- Supports Dual LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Vitesse VSC8601
IEEE 1394
- Chip integrated by VIA VT 6306
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps
Audio
-
Creative SB Audigy SE H/W audio (Controll by CA0106)
24-bit / 96 KHz audio quality
100db SNR clarity
Up to 7.1 Channel audio-out and SPDIF-out
IDE
- 1 IDE port by MCP55PXE
- Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode
SATA
- 6 SATA II ports by MCP55PXE
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 300 MB/s
RAID
- SATA1~6 supports RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1/ 5 or JBOD mode by
MCP55PXE
Floppy
- 1 floppy port
- Supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
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Getting Started
Connectors
Back panel
- 1 PS/2 mouse port
- 1 PS/2 keyboard port.
- 1 Serial port
- 1 Parallel port supporting SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 1 IEEE 1394 port
- 4 USB 2.0 Ports.
- 2 LAN jacks (10/100/1000) by Vitesse VSC8601
- 5 flexible audio jacks
- 1 Optical SPDIF jack / 1 Coaxial SPDIF-out port
On-Board Pinheaders
- 1 D-Bracket 2 pinheader
- 1 IrDA pinheader
- 3 USB 2.0 pinheaders
- 2 IEEE 1394 pinheaders.
Slots
- 2 PCI Express x 16 slots (Support SLI technology, both PCIE X 16
slots compatible with PCI Express X 16 speed)
- 2 PCI Express x 1 slots
- 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface, includes one
orange slot which supports 2 master for MSI special PCI function
card (ex. wireless LAN and bluetooth combo card.).
Form Factor
- ATX (30.5 cm X 24.5 cm)
M ounting
- 9 mounting holes
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CPUFAN1
Winbond
W83627EHG
FDD 1
JCI1
Top : mouse
Bottom: keyboar d
JIR1
Mainboard Layout
Top : Parallel Port
Bottom:
COM Por t
1394 Port
SPDIF_out
(Coaxial)
JPWR1
USB ports
T: LAN jack
B: USB ports
JPW1
NBFAN1
nvidia
C51XE
T: Line-I n
M:Line-Out
B: Mic
LAN
Chip
IDE 1
DIMM 2
DIMM 1
JPWR2
DIMM 4
LAN
Chip
DIMM 3
T:RS-Out
M:CS-Out
B: SPDIF Out
(optical)
PCI _E1
Sw1
MCP55PXE
PCI _E2
SATA5
SATA6
PCI _E3
S ATA 2
SATA 3 SATA4
PCI _E4
BATT
+
PCI 1
BIOS
PWRFAN1
PCI 2
JUSB1
1394
Chip
JDB1
JLP C1
Cr eative
Audio
controller
SYS FA N1
JFP2
JCD1
JAUD1
J1394_1
J1394_2
K9N Diamond Series
(MS-7226 v1.X) ATX Mainboard
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JUSB2
JUSB3 JFP1
Getting Started
Packing Checklist
MSI motherboard
Power Cable
MSI Driver/Utility CD
SATA Cable
D-Bracket 2
Round Cable of
Floppy Disk (Optional)
User’s Guide
(Optional)
SLI Video Link Card
Round Cable of
IDE Devices
IEEE1394-Bracket
(Optional)
Back IO Shield
* The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the
product you purchased.
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Hardware Setup
Chapter 2
Hardware Setup
This chapter provides you with the information about
hardware setup procedures. While doing the installation,
be careful in holding the components and follow the
installation procedures. For some components, if you
install in the wrong orientation, the components will not
work properly.
Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer
c om ponen ts . S tatic elec tric ity m ay damage the
components.
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Quick Components Guide
CPU, p.2-3
NBFAN1,
p.2-14
JPW1,
p.2-8
DDRII DIMMs, p.2-6
CPUFAN1,
JIR1, p.2-15
p.2-14
JCI1, p.2-14
FDD1, p.2-12
Back Panel
I/O, p.2-10
JPWR1, p.2-8
IDE1, p.2-12
JPWR2,
p.2-8
SW1, p.2-20
SATA1~6,
p.2-13
PCI Express
PWRFAN1, p.2-14
slots, p.2-21
SYSFAN1, p.2-14
PCI Slots,
p.2-24
JFP2, p.2-18
JDB1, p.2-19
JFP1, p.2-18
JUSB1~3, p.2-16
JCD1, p.2-14
J1394_1~2, p.2-17
JAUD1, p.2-15
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Hardware Setup
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
The mainboard supports AMD® Athlon64/ X2/ FX & Sempron processors. The mainboard
uses a CPU socket called Socket AM2 (940-pin) for easy CPU installation. W hen you
are installing the CPU, make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan
attached on the top to prevent overheating. If you do not have the heat sink and
cooling fan, contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the
computer.
For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/program/
products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php
Important
1. Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system. Always make
sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating.
2. Make sure that you apply an even layer of heat sink paste (or thermal tape)
between the CPU and the heatsink to enhance heat dissipation.
3. While replacing the CPU, always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug
the power supply’s power cord from the grounded outlet first to ensure the
safety of CPU.
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CPU Installation Procedures for Socket AM2
1. Please turn off the power and
unplug the power cord before
installing the CPU.
2. Pull the lever s ideways away
from the socket. Make sure to
raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle.
3. Look for the gold arrow of the
CPU. T he gold arrow s hould
point as shown in the picture.
The CPU can only fit in the correct orientation.
4. If the CPU is correctly installed,
the pins should be completely
embedded into the socket and
can not be seen. Please note
that any violation of the correct
in s tal lati on p roc edur es m ay
cause permanent damages to
your mainboard.
Open Lever
Sliding
Plate
Gold arrow
Correc t CP U placement
Gold arrow
Gold arrow
5. Press the CPU down firmly into
the socket and close the lever.
As the CPU is likely to move while
the lever is being closed, always close the lever with your
fingers pressing tightly on top of
the CPU to make sure the CPU is
properly and completely embedded into the socket.
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90 degree
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Hardware Setup
Installing AMD Socket AM2 CPU Cooler Set
W hen you are installing the CPU, make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a
cooling fan attached on the top to prevent overheating. If you do not have the
heat sink and cooling fan, contact your dealer to purchase and install them before
turning on the computer.
Important
Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration of the cooler
installation for Socket AM2 CPUs only. The appearance of your mainboard
may vary depending on the model you purchase.
1. Position the cooling set onto the retention mechanism.
Hook one end of the clip to hook
first.
2. Then press down the other end of
the clip to fasten the cooling set on
the top of the retention mechanism.
Locate the Fix Lever and lift up it .
Fixed Lever
3. Fasten down the lever.
4. Attach the CPU Fan cable to the CPU
fan connector on the mainboard.
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Memory
The mainboard provides four 240-pin non-ECC DDRII DIMMs and supports up to 8GB
system memory.
For more information on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/
program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.php
DDRII
240-pin, 1.8V
56x2=112 pin
64x2=128 pin
Dual-Channel Memory Population Rules
1
DIMM3
DIMM4
DIMM1
DIMM2
2
DIMM3
DIMM4
DIMM1
DIMM2
3
DIMM3
DIMM4
DIMM1
DIMM2
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Hardware Setup
Installing DDRII Modules
1. The memory module has only one notch on the center and will only fit in the right
orientation.
2. Insert the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it in until the
golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot.
Important
You can barely see the golden finger if the module is properly inserted in the
DIMM slot.
3. The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close.
Volt
Notch
Important
- DDRII modules are not interchangeable with DDR and the DDRII standard is
not backwards compatible. You should always install DDRII memory modules in the DDRII DIMMs and DDR memory modules in the DDR DIMMs.
- In dual-channel mode, make sure that you install memory modules of the
same type and density in different channel DDR DIMMs.
- To enable successful system boot-up, always insert the memory modules
into the DIM M1 first.
- Due to the chipset resource deployment, the system density will only be
detected up to 7+GB (not full 8GB) when each DIMM is installed with a 2GB
memory module.
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Power Supply
ATX 24-Pin Power Connector: JPWR1
This connector allows you to connect an ATX 24-pin power supply.
To connect the ATX 24-pin power supply, make sure the plug of the
power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are
aligned. Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector.
pin 13
You may use the 20-pin ATX power supply as you like. If you’d like
to use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with pin 1 & pin 13 (refer to the image at the right hand).
There is also a foolproof design on pin 11, 12, 23 & 24 to avoid
wrong installation.
pin 12
Pin Definition
1
13
JPWR1
12
24
PIN
SIGNAL
PIN
SIGNAL
1
+3.3V
13
+3.3V
2
3
+3.3V
GND
14
15
-12V
GND
4
5
+5V
GND
16
17
PS-ON#
GND
6
7
+5V
GND
18
19
GND
GND
8
9
PWR OK
5VSB
20
21
Res
+5V
10
11
+12V
+12V
22
23
+5V
+5V
12
+3.3V
24
GND
ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1/ JPWR2
This 12V power connector JPW 1 is used to provide power to the CPU. This 12V
power connector JPW R2 is used to provide power to stable the operation of graphics
card.
JPW1 Pin Definition
JPW1
3
1
4
2
PIN
SIGNAL
1
2
GND
GND
3
4
12V
12V
JPWR2
1
JPWR2 Pin Definition
PIN
SIGNAL
1
2
5V
GND
3
4
GND
12V
Important
1. Maker sure that all the connectors are connected to proper ATX power supplies to ensure stable operation of the mainboard.
2. Power supply of 450 watts (and above) is highly recommended for system
stability.
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Hardware Setup
Important Notification about Power Issue
NForce chipset is very sensitive to ESD (Electrostatic Discharge), therefore this
issue mostly happens while the users intensively swap memory modules under S5
(power-off) states, and the power code is plugged while installing modules. Due to
several pins are very sensitive to ESD, so this kind of memory-replacement actions
might cause system chipset unable to boot. Please follow the following solution to
avoid this situation.
Unplug the AC power cable (shown in figure 1) or unplug the JPW R1/ JPWR2 & JPW1
power connectors (shown in figure 2 & figure 3) before the 1st installation or during
system upgrade procedure.
Figure 1:
Unplug the AC power cable
Figure 2:
Unplug the JPWR1 power conn.
Figure 3:
Unplug the JPW1/ JPWR2 power
connectors
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Back Panel
L-In RS-Out
Parallel Port
M ou se
Keyboard Serial Port
LAN
1394 S/PDIFPort Out
LAN
USB Ports
L-Out CS-Out
Mic S/PDIFOut
M ouse/Keyboard Connector
The standard PS/2® mouse/keyboard DIN connector is for a PS/2® mouse/keyboard.
Parallel Port Connector
A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP)
and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode.
Serial Port Connector
The serial port is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends/ receives 16
bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the
connector.
Coaxial S/PDIF-Out connector
This SPDIF (Sony & Philips Digital Interconnect Format) connector is provided for
digital audio transmission to external speakers through a coaxial cable.
IEEE 1394 Port
The 1394 port on the back panel provides connection to 1394 devices.
LAN (RJ-45) Jack
The standard RJ-45 jack is for connection to single Local Area Network (LAN).
You can connect a network cable to it.
LED
Color
LED State
Off
Left
Orange
On (steady state)
Activity Indicator
Link Indicator
condition
LAN link is not established.
LAN link is established.
On (brighter & pulsing) The computer is communicating with another computer on the LAN.
Green
Right
Orange
2-10
Off
10 Mbit/sec data rate is selected.
On
100 Mbit/sec data rate is selected.
On
1000 Mbit/sec data rate is selected.
Hardware Setup
USB Connectors
The OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) Universal Serial Bus root is for attaching
USB devices such as keyboard, mouse, or other USB-compatible devices.
Audio Port Connectors
These audio connectors are used for audio devices. You can differentiate the color
of the audio jacks for different audio sound effects.
Blue audio jack - Line In / Side-Surround Out in 7.1 channel mode, is used
for external CD player, tapeplayer or other audio devices.
Green audio jack - Line Out, is a connector for speakers or headphones.
Pink audio jack - Mic In, is a connector for microphones.
Black audio jack - Rear-Surround Out in 4/ 5.1/ 7.1 channel mode.
Orange audio jack - Center/ Subwoofer Out in 5.1/ 7.1 channel mode.
Optical S/PDIF-Out connector
This SPDIF (Sony & Philips Digital Interconnect Format) connector is provided for
digital audio transmission to external speakers through a fiber cable.
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Connectors
Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1
This standard FDD connector supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy
disk types.
FDD1
ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1
The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 66/100/133
controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 66/
100/133 function. You can connect hard disk drives, CD-ROM and other
IDE devices.
The Ultra ATA133 interface boosts data transfer rates between the
computer and the hard drive up to 133 megabytes (MB) per second. The
new interface is one-third faster than earlier record-breaking Ultra ATA/
100 technology and is backwards compatible with the existing Ultra ATA
interface.
IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector)
IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive. You must configure the
second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly.
IDE1
Important
If you install two hard disks on IDE cable, you must configure the second
drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper. Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions.
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Serial ATA Connectors: SATA1~SATA6
SATA1~SATA6 are high-speed SATAII interface ports. Each supports data rates of
300 MB/s and is fully compliant with Serial ATA specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device.
SATA5
1
7
SATA6
1
7
Pin Definition
1
PIN
SIGNAL
PIN
SIGNAL
1
GND
2
TXP
3
TXN
4
GND
5
7
RXN
GND
6
RXP
7
SATA2 SATA1 SATA3 SATA4
Serial ATA cable
Take out the dust cover
and connect to the hard
disk devices
Connect to SATA connector
Important
Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90-degree angle. Otherwise,
data loss may occur during transmission.
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Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1, NBFAN1 & PWRFAN1
The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with +12V. W hen connecting
the wire to the connectors, always take note that the red wire is the positive and
should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and should be connected
to GND. If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on-board, you must
use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan
control.
+1 2V SENSOR
GND
Control
+1 2V SENSOR
GND
CPUFAN1
+1 2V
GND
Control
SYSFAN1
+1 2V
SENSOR
NBFAN1
GND
NC
PWRFAN1
Important
1. Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at AMD ® official website or
consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan.
2. Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan.
3. Fan/heatsink with 3 or 4 pins are both available for CPUFAN1/ SYSFAN1.
4. CPUFAN1 supports fan control. You can setup it in H/W Monitor of BIOS
Setup.
Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: JCI1
This connector connects to a 2-pin chassis switch. If the chassis is opened, the
switch will be short. The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen. To clear the warning, you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the
record.
1
2
CINTRU
GND
JCI1
Aux Line-In Connector: JCD1
The connector is for TV/ DVD add-on card with Line-in connector.
JCD1
R
L
GND
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Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUD1
The JAUD1 front panel audio connector allows you to connect the front panel audio
and is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.
JAUD1
10
9
2
1
Pin Definition
PIN
SIGNAL
DESCRIPTION
1
2
AUD_MIC
AUD_GND
Front panel microphone input signal
Ground used by analog audio circuits
3
4
AUD_MIC_BIAS
AUD_VCC
Microphone power
Filtered +5V used by analog audio circuits
5
6
AUD_FPOUT_R
AUD_RET_R
Right channel audio signal to front panel
Right channel audio signal return from front panel
7
8
HP_ON
KEY
Reserved for future use to control headphone amplifier
No pin
9
10
AUD_FPOUT_L
AUD_RET_L
Left channel audio signal to front panel
Left channel audio signal return from front panel
Important
If you don’t want to connect to the front audio header, pins 5 &
6, 9 & 10 have to be jumpered in order to have signal output
directed to the rear audio ports. Otherwise, the Line-Out connector on the back panel will not function.
6
10
5
9
IrDA Infrared Module Header: JIR1
The connector allows you to connect to IrDA Infrared module. You must configure the
setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function. JIR1 is compliant with Intel®
Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.
Pin Definition
6 5
JIR1
2 1
Pin
Signal
1
NC
2
3
NC
VCC5
4
5
GND
IRTX
6
IRRX
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Front USB Connectors: JUSB1, JUSB2 & JUSB3
The mainboard provides USB 2.0 pinheaders (optional USB 2.0 bracket available) that
are compliant with Intel® I/O Connectivity Design Guide. USB 2.0 technology increases
data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps, which is 40 times faster
than USB 1.1, and is ideal for connecting high-speed USB interface peripherals such
as USB HDD, digital cameras, M P3 players, printers, modems and the like.
Pin Definition
JUSB1/2/3
2
1
10
9
Connected to USB connector
PIN
SIGNAL
PIN
SIGNAL
1
VCC
2
VCC
3
USB0-
4
USB1-
5
USB0+
6
USB1+
7
GND
8
GND
9
Key (no pin)
10
USBOC
USB 2.0 Bracket
(Optional)
Important
Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid
possible damage.
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IEEE 1394 Connectors: J1394_1/ J1394_2
The mainboard provides IEEE1394 pinheader that allow you to connect IEEE 1394
ports via an external IEEE1394 bracket (optional).
Pin Definition
J1394_1/J1394_2
9
10
1
2
(The 1394 pinheaders
are in Green color.)
PIN
SIGNAL
PIN
SIGNAL
1
Ground
2
Key (no pin)
3
Cable power
4
Cable power
5
TPB-
6
TPB+
7
Ground
8
Ground
9
TPA-
10
TPA+
Connected to 1394 connector
IEEE1394 Bracket (Optional)
Foolproof
design
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Front Panel Connectors: JFP1/ JFP2
The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical connection to the
front panel switches and LEDs. The JFP1 is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O
Connectivity Design Guide.
Power Power
LED
Switch
+ -
JFP1
2
1
10
9
+ - - +
HDD Reset
LED Switch
JFP1 Pin Definition
PIN
SIGNAL
DESCRIPTION
1
HD_LED +
Hard disk LED pull-up
2
3
FP PWR/SLP
HD_LED -
MSG LED pull-up
Hard disk active LED
4
5
FP PWR/SLP
RST_SW -
MSG LED pull-up
Reset Switch low reference pull-down to GND
6
7
PWR_SW +
RST_SW +
Power Switch high reference pull-up
Reset Switch high reference pull-up
8
PWR_SW -
Power Switch low reference pull-down to GND
9
RSVD_DNU
Reserved. Do not use.
Power LED
JFP2
7
8
1
2
- +
+
Speaker
JFP2 Pin Definition
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PIN
SIGNAL
DESCRIPTION
1
2
GND
SPK-
Ground
Speaker-
3
4
SLED
BUZ+
Suspend LED
Buzzer+
5
6
PLED
BUZ-
Power LED
Buzzer-
7
8
NC
SPK+
No connection
Speaker+
Hardware Setup
D-Bracket™ 2 Connector: JDB1
DBR1
DBR2
DBR3
DBR4
NC
The mainboard comes with a JDB1 connector for you to connect to D-Bracket™ 2. DBracket™ 2 is an external USB Bracket that supports both USB1.1 & 2.0 specs. It
integrates four LEDs and allows users to identify system problems through 16 various combinations of LED signals.
D-Bracket™ 2
(Optional)
10
9
DBG1
DBG2
DBG3
DBG4
Key (no-pin)
2
1
Connected to
JDB1
Red
Connected to USB
connector
1
3
2
4
LEDs
Green
LED Signal
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
Description
System Power ON
The D-LED will hang here if the
processor is damaged or not installed properly.
LED Signal
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
Decompressing BIOS image to RAM
for fast booting.
1
2
3
4
Initializing Keyboard Controller.
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
Early Chipset Initialization
Memory Detection Test
Testing onboard memory size. The
D-LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not installed
properly.
Testing VGA BIOS
This will start writing VGA sign-on
message to the screen.
Processor Initialization
This will show information regarding
the processor (like brand name, system bus, etc...)
Testing RTC (Real Time Clock)
Description
Initializing Video Interface
This will start detecting CPU clock,
checking type of video onboard. Then,
detect and initialize the video adapter.
BIOS Sign On
This will start showing information
about logo, processor brand name,
etc...
Testing Base and Extended Memory
Testing base memory from 240K to
640K and extended memory above
1MB using various patterns.
Assign Resources to all ISA.
Initializing Hard Drive Controller
This will initialize IDE drive and
controller.
Initializing Floppy Drive Controller
This will initialize Floppy Drive and
controller.
BootAttempt
This will set low stack and boot via
INT 19h.
Operating System Booting
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Button
The motherboard provides the following button for you to set the computer’s function.
This section will explain how to change your motherboard’s function through the use
of button.
Clear CMOS Button : SW1
There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to
keep the system configuration data. With the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on. If you want to clear the system configuration,
use the SW 1 (Clear CMOS Button) to clear data. Press the button to clear the data:
SW1
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Slots
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slots
PCI Express architecture provides a high performance I/O infrastructure for Desktop
Platforms with transfer rates starting at 2.5 Giga transfers per second over a PCI
Express x1 lane for Gigabit Ethernet, TV Tuners, 1394 controllers, and general purpose I/O. Also, desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed to
deliver highest performance in video, graphics, multimedia and other sophisticated
applications. Moreover, PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics
infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x designs with transfer rates of 4.0 GB/s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics
controllers, while PCI Express x1 supports transfer rate of 250 MB/s.
PCI Express x16 Slot
PCI Express x1 Slot
Important
1. When adding or removing expansion cards, make sure that you unplug the
power supply first. Meanwhile, read the documentation for the expansion
card to configure any necessary hardware or software settings for the ex
pansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration.
2. The mainboard supports SLI technology with two PCI Express X 16 slots.
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NV SLI Technology
NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology allows two GPUs to run in tandem
within a system to achieve up to twice the performance of a single graphics card. To
utilize this technology, the two GPU cards must be connected by an SLI Video Link
card.
SLI Video Link Card
If you intend to use the SLI mode for better graphics performance, please refer to the
following instructions.
1.Install two graphics cards on PCI Express x16 slots. W ith two cards installed, an
SLI bridge card is required to connect the atop golden fingers of these two graphics
cards (refer to the picture below). Please note that although you have installed two
graphics cards, only the video outputs on the first card will work. Hence, you only
need to connect a monitor to the first PCI Express card.
SLI Video Link Card
Important
1. Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration only. The
appearance of your mainboard may vary depending on the model you purchase.
2. If you intend to install TWO x16 graphics cards, make sure that, these two
graphics cards are of the same brand and specifications.
3. Make sure that you connect an adequate power supply to the JPWR2
connector (or to the power connection on the graphics card) to ensure
stable operation of the graphics card.
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2. After the hardware installation is completed, restart the system and install the NV
SLI driver/utility. A configuration panel will be provided for Multi-GPU control. Check
the Enable multi-GPU box to enable the SLI function for the onboard graphics
cards (concerning the details of multi-GPU settings, please refer to your graphics
card manual) .
Check the box
3. Restart your system and a pop-up will show in the system tray confirming that
M ulti-GPU has been enabled.
Important
If you want to remove one graphics card and quit the SLI function, make sure
the "MultiGPU" function is disabled.
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PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots
The PCI slots support LAN cards, SCSI cards, USB cards, and other add-on cards
that comply with PCI specifications. At 32 bits and 33 MHz, it yields a throughput rate
of 133 MBps.
32-bit PCI Slot
PCI Interrupt Request Routing
The IRQ, acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I-R-Q, are hardware lines
over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor. The PCI IRQ
pins are typically connected to the PCI bus pins as follows:
Order 1
Order 2
Order 3
Order 4
PCI Slot 1
INT Y#
INT Z#
INT W#
INT X#
PCI Slot 2
INT Z#
INT W#
INT X#
INT Y#
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Chapter 3
BIOS Setup
This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup
program and allows you to configure the system for
optimum use.
You may need to run the Setup program when:
² An error message appears on the screen during the
system booting up, and requests you to run SETUP.
² You want to change the default settings for customized features.
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Entering Setup
Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process.
W hen the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup.
Press DEL to enter SETUP
If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup,
restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button. You may
also restart the system by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys.
Important
1. The items under each BIOS category described in this chapter are under
continuous update for better system performance. Therefore, the description may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be held for
reference only.
2. Upon boot-up, the 1st line appearing after the memory count is the BIOS
version. It is usually in the format:
A7226NMS V1.0 061506 where:
1st digit refers to BIOS maker as A = AMI, W = AWARD, and P =
PHOENIX.
2nd - 5th digit refers to the model number.
6th digit refers to the chipset as I = Intel, N = nVidia, and V = VIA.
7th - 8th digit refers to the customer as MS = all standard customers.
V1.0 refers to the BIOS version.
061506 refers to the date this BIOS was released.
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Control Keys
< ↑>
Move to the previous item
< ↓>
Move to the next item
< ←>
Move to the item in the left hand
< →>
Move to the item in the right hand
<Enter>
Select the item
<Esc>
Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a
submenu
<+/PU>
Increase the numeric value or make changes
<-/PD>
Decrease the numeric value or make changes
<F6>
Load Optimized Defaults
<F8>
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
<F10>
Save all the CMOS changes and exit
Getting Help
After entering the Setup menu, the first menu you will see is the Main Menu.
M ain M enu
The main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to. You can use the
arrow keys ( ↑↓ ) to select the item. The on-line description of the highlighted setup
function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Sub-M enu
If you find a right pointer symbol (as shown in the
right view) appears to the left of certain fields that
means a sub-menu can be launched from this field.
A sub-menu contains additional options for a field
parameter. You can use arrow keys ( ↑↓ ) to highlight the field and press <Enter> to call up the sub-menu. Then you can use the control
keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub-menu. If you want to
return to the main menu, just press the <Esc >.
General Help <F1>
The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen. You can call up this screen
from any menu by simply pressing <F1>. The Help screen lists the appropriate keys
to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. Press <Esc> to exit the
Help screen.
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The Main Menu
Standard CM OS Features
Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc.
Advanced BIOS Features
Use this menu to setup the items of AMI® special enhanced features.
Advanced Chipset Features
Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’s
performance.
Integrated Peripherals
Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.
Power M anagement Features
Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.
PNP/PCI Configurations
This entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI.
H/W M onitor
This entry shows your PC health status.
Cell M enu
Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control and overclocking.
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Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system
performance.
Load Optimized Defaults
Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard.
BIOS Setting Password
Use this menu to set the password for BIOS.
Save & Exit Setup
Save changes to CMOS and exit setup.
Exit Without Saving
Abandon all changes and exit setup.
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Standard CMOS Features
The items in Standard CMOS Features Menu includes some basic setup items. Use
the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select
the value you want in each item.
Date (MM:DD:YY)
This allows you to set the system to the date that you want (usually the current date).
The format is <day><month> <date> <year>.
day
Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by
BIOS. Read-only.
mon th
The month from Jan. through Dec.
date
The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.
year
The year can be adjusted by users.
Time (HH:MM :SS)
This allows you to set the system time that you want (usually the current time). The
time format is <hour> <minute> <second>.
Primary IDE Master/ Slave, Serial-ATA 0/1/2 Primary/ Secondary Channel
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears.
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Device/ Vender/ Size/ LBA Mode/ Block M ode/ PIO Mode/ Async DM A/
Ultra DMA/ S.M.A.R.T.
It will showing the device information that you connected to the IDE/SATA connector .
LBA/Large M ode
This allows you to enable or disable the LBA Mode. Setting to Auto enables LBA
mode if the device supports it and the devices is not already formatted with LBA
mode disabled.
DM A M ode
Select DMA Mode.
Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T.
This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting
Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your
disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an opportunity to move
data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk
becomes offline.
Important
Primary IDE Master/ Slave, Serial-ATA 0/ 1/ 2 Primary/ Secondary
Channel are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE/
SATA connector on the mainboard.
Floppy Drive A
This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. Available options:
[None], [360K, 5.25 in.], [1.2M, 5.25 in.], [720K, 3.5 in.], [1.44M, 3.5 in.], [2.88M, 3.5 in.].
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Halt On
The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot.
Available options are:
[No Errors]
The system doesn’t stop for any detected error.
[All, But Keyboard]
The system doesn’t stop for a keyboard error.
System Information
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears.
This sub-menu shows the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of your
system (read only).
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Advanced BIOS Features
Full Screen LOGO Display
This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen. Settings are:
[Enabled]
Shows a still image (logo) on the full screen at boot.
[Disabled]
Shows the POST messages at boot.
Quick Boot
Setting the item to [Enabled] allows the system to boot within 10 seconds since it will
skip some check items.
Boot Up Num Lock LED
This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on. Setting to
[On] will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. Setting to [Off]
will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad.
IOAPIC Function
This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller). Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in
APIC mode. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system.
MPS Table Version
This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to
be used for the operating system. You need to select the MPS version supported by
your operating system. To find out which version to use, consult the vendor of your
operating system.
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Boot Sequence
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:
1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device
The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts
to load the disk operating system.
Hard Disk Drives
This feature allows you to specify the hard disk boot priority.
Removable Drives
This feature allows you to specify the removable device boot priority.
CD/DVD Drives
This feature allows you to specify the CD/DVD device boot priority.
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Advanced Chipset Features
Hyper Transport MCP55 Configuration
LDT (AM2) to C51 (NB) FreqAuto
[Enabled]
Auto Detect HT frequency.
[Disabled]
Manual to setting HT frequency.
LDT (AM2) to C51 (NB) Freq
W hen the “LDT (AM2) to C51 (NB) FreqAuto” set to Disabled, the item will
appear. This item allows you to select the frequency from CPU to North Bridge.
LDT (AM2) to C51 (NB) Link
This item allows you to select the HT width from CPU to NB.
C51 (NB) to M CP55 (SB) Freq
This item allows you to select the frequency from North Bridge to South Bridge.
C51 (NB) to M CP55 (SB) Link
This item allows you to select the HT width from North Bridge to South Bridge.
Hyper Transport MCP55 Configuration
MCP55 (SB) to C51 (NB) Freq
This item allows you to select the frequency from South Bridge to North Bridge.
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Integrated Peripherals
USB / USB 2.0 Controller
This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard USB 1.1/ 2.0 controller.
Legacy USB Support
Select [Enabled] if you need to use a USB-interfaced device in the operating system.
Onboard GigaBit LAN0
These items are used to enable/disable the onboard LAN0 controller.
Onboard GigaBit LAN1
These items are used to enable/disable the onboard LAN1 controller.
LAN0/LAN1 Option ROM
This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the LAN0/LAN1
controllers.
Onboard Audio Controller
This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard audio controller.
Onboard IEEE1394 Controller
This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard IEEE1394 controller.
On-Chip ATA Devices
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:
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OnBoard IDE Controller
This item allows you to enable/ disable IDE Controller.
PCI IDE BusMaster
This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for
reading/ writing to IDE drives.
Onchip SATA
A
These items allow users to enable or disable the SATA controller. Setting options:
[Device 0/ 1/ 2], [Device 0/ 1], [Device 0], [Disabled].
Onchip RAID Controller
This item is used to enable/disable the nVidia RAID function for SATA devices.
SATA 0/ SATA 1/ SATA 2 Primary/ Secondary Channel
These items allow users to enable or disable the RAID function for each SATA
hard disk drive.
I/O Device Configuration
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:
Onboard Floppy Controller
Select [Enabled] if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed on the
system board and you wish to use it. If you install add-on FDC or the system has
no floppy drive, select [Disabled] in this field.
COM Port 1
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port.
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IR Function
This setting allows you to enable or disable the IR function.
Parallel Port
There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides
Standard, ECP, and EPP features. It has the following options:
[Disabled]
[3BC]
Line Printer port 0
[278]
Line Printer port 2
[378]
Line Printer port 1
Parallel Port M ode
[Normal]
Stardand Parallel Port
[EPP]
Enhanced Parallel Port
[ECP]
Extended Capability Port
[ECP + EPP]
Extended Capability Port + Enhanced Parallel Port
[Bi-Directional]
To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose [SPP].
To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP mode simultaneously, choose
[EPP]. By choosing [ECP], the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only.
Choosing [ECP + EPP] will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP
and EPP modes simultaneously.
Parallel Port IRQ
This item allows you to set parallel port IRQ.
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Power Management Setup
Important
S3-related functions described in this section are available only when your
BIOS supports S3 sleep mode.
ACPI Function
This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management
Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as W indows 2000/
XP, select [Enabled].
ACPI Standby State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating
system supports ACPI, such as W indows 2000/ XP , you can choose to enter the
Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3(STR) fashion through the setting of this field. Settings are:
[S1/POS]
The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no
system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system context.
[S3/STR]
The S3 sleep mode is a lower power s tate where the in
formation of system configuration and open applications/files
is saved to main memory that remains powered while most
other hardware components turn off to save energy. The
information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a “wake up” event occurs.
[Auto]
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Re-Call VGA BIOS From S3
W hen ACPI Standby State is set to [S3/STR], users can select the options in this
field. Selecting [Yes] allows BIOS to call VGABIOS to initialize the VGA card when
system wakes up (resumes) from S3 sleep state. The system resume time is shortened when you disable the function, but system will need an VGA driver to initialize
the VGA card. Therefore, if the VGA driver of the card does not support the initialization feature, the display may work abnormally or not function after resuming from S3.
Power Button Function
This feature sets the function of the power button. Settings are:
[On/ Off]
The power button functions as normal power off button.
[Suspend]
W hen you press the power button, the computer enters the
suspend/sleep mode, but if the button is pressed for more
than four seconds, the computer is turned off.
Restore On AC Power Loss
This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt
occurs. Settings are:
[Power Off]
Always leaves the computer in the power off state.
[Power On]
Always leaves the computer in the power on state.
[Last State]
Restores the system to the status before power failure
or interrupt occurred.
Wakeup Event Setup
Press <Enter> and the following sub-menu appears.
Resume From S3 By PS/2 KB
This setting determines whether the system will be awakened from what power
saving modes when input signal of the PS/2 keyboard is detected.
Resume From S3 By PS/2 MS
This setting determines whether the system will be awakened from what power
saving modes when input signal of the PS/2 mouse is detected.
Resume by PCI Device (PME#)
W hen set to [Enabled], the feature allows your system to be awakened from the
power saving modes through any event on PME (Power Management Event).
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Resume by PCIE Device
W hen set to [Enabled], the feature allows your system to be awakened from the
power saving modes through any event on PCIE device.
Resume by RTC Alarm
The field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a
scheduled time/date.
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PNP/PCI Configurations
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) feature.
PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to
operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with
its special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is
strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the
default settings.
Primary Graphics Adapter
This setting specifies which graphics card is your primary graphics adapter. Settings
are:
[PCIE1 -> PCIE2 -> PCI] The system initializes the PCI Express graphics card
that installed in PCIE x 16 first slot first.
[PCIE2 -> PCIE1 ->PCI] The system initializes the PCI Express graphics card
that installed in PCIE x 16 second slot first.
PCI Latency Timer
This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes
over. W hen set to higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a
longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. For better PCI performance,
you should set the item to higher values.
PCI Slot 1/2 IRQ
These items specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot.
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IRQ Resource Setup
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.
IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15
These items specify the bus where the specified IRQ line is used.
The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS. The
available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM. If more IRQs must
be removed from the IRQ pool, the end user can use these settings to reserve
the IRQ by assigning an [Reserved] setting to it. Onboard I/O is configured by
AMIBIOS. All IRQs used by onboard I/O are configured as [Available]. If all IRQs
are set to [Reserved], and IRQ 14/15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE, IRQ 9
will still be available for PCI and PnP devices.
Important
IRQ (Interrupt Request) lines are system resources allocated to I/O devices.
When an I/O device needs to gain attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur. After receiving the signal, when the
operating system is ready, the system will interrupt itself and perform the
service required by the I/O device.
DM A Resource Setup
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.
DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7
The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove a DMA (Direct Memory Access)
from the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system
BIOS. The available DMA pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM. If more
DMAs must be removed from the pool, the end user can reserve the DMA.
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H/W Monitor
Chassis Intrusion
The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status
and issuing a warning message if the chassis is once opened. To clear the warning
message, set the field to [Reset]. The setting of the field will automatically return to
[Enabled] later.
Smart FAN Target
The mainboard provides the Smart Fan function which can control the fan speed
automatically depending on the current temperature to keep it with in a specific range.
You can select a fan target value here. If the current CPU fan temperature reaches to
the target value, the smart fan function will be activated. It provides several sections
to speed up for cooling down automaticlly .
CPU FAN PIN Select
If you enable the Smart FAN Target, this item is available for you to choose the CPU
fan pin number of your system. Be sure to select the correct pin number identical to the pin of the CPU fan you purchase.
PC Health Status
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.
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System/ CPU Temperature, SYSTEM FAN/ CPU FAN/ NB FAN Speed, CPU
Vcore, 12.0V, 3.3V, 5.0V,
These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices/
components such as CPU voltage, temperatures and all fans’ speeds.
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Important
Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset.
Current DRAM Clock/ CPU Clock/ FSB M ultiplier/ CPU Voltage
These items show the current clocks of CPU and Memory speed. Read-only.
CPU Frequency
This item allows you to select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency (in MHz).
CPU Dynamic OverClocking
Dynamic Overclocking Technology is the automatic overclocking function, included in
the MSITM ’s newly developed CoreCellTM Technology. It is designed to detect the load
balance of CPU while running programs, and to adjust the best CPU frequency
automatically. W hen the motherboard detects CPU is running programs, it will speed
up CPU automatically to make the program run smoothly and faster. W hen the CPU is
temporarily suspending or staying in the low load balance, it will restore the default
settings instead. Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only
when users' PC need to run huge amount of data like 3D games or the video process,
and the CPU frequency need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance.
Settings are:
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[Disabled]
[Private]
[Sergeant]
[Captain]
[Colonel]
[General]
[Commander]
Disable Dynamic Overclocking.
1st level of overclocking, increasing the frequency by 1%.
2nd level of overclocking, increasing the frequency by 3%.
3rd level of overclocking, increasing the frequency by 5%.
4th level of overclocking, increasing the frequency by 7%.
5th level of overclocking, increasing the frequency by 10%.
6th level of overclocking, increasing the frequency by 15%.
Important
Even though the Dynamic Overclocking Technology is more stable than
manual overclocking, basically, it is still risky. We suggest user to make
sure that your CPU can afford to overclocking regularly first. If you find the
PC appears to be unstable or reboot incidentally, it's better to disable the
Dynamic Overclocking or to lower the level of overclocking options. By the
way, if you need to conduct overclocking manually, you also need to disable
the Dynamic OverClocking first.
Adjust Extra CPU Voltage
This item allows you to overclock the CPU voltage.
Cool’n’Quiet
The Cool’n’ Quiet technology can effectively and dynamically lower CPU speed and
power consumption
Important
To ensure that Cool’n’Quiet function is activated and will be working properly, it is
required to double confirm that:
1. Run BIOS Setup, and select Cell Menu.
Under Cell M enu, find Cool’n’Quiet,
and set this item to “Enable.”
2. Enter Windows , and select [Start]->
[Settings]->[Control Pannel]->[Power
Options]. Enter Power Options Properties tag, and select Minimal Power
Management under Power schemes.
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CPU Configuration
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.
CPU Ratio/VID Change
Setting to Manual allows you to set the CPU ratio and voltage manually.
Adjust CPU Ratio
This item allows you to set the CPU ratio.
Adjust CPU VID
This item allows you to set the CPU voltage.
Adjust DDR2 M emory Frequency
Setting to Auto, the system will auto detect the memory clock. Setting to Manual, the
“Memory Clock” item will appear and allows you to select the memory clock.
M emory Clock
This item allows you to select the memory clock.
Adjust DDR2 Voltage (V)
Adjusting the DDR2 voltage can increase the DDR speed.
M emory Configuration
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.
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MCT Timing M ode
This field has the capacity to automatically detect all of the DRAM timing. If you
set this field to [Manual], the following fields will be selectable.
CAS# Latency (TCL)
W hen the M CT Timing M ode sets to [Manual], the field is adjustable.This
controls the CAS latency, which determines the timing delay (in clock cycles)
before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it.
Min RAS# Active Time (TRAS)
W hen the M CT Timing Mode sets to [Manual], the field is adjustable. This
setting determines the time RAS takes to read from and write to a memory cell.
RAS# Precharge Time (TRP)
W hen the MCT Timing Mode sets to [Manual], the field is adjustable. This item
controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe (RAS) to be allowed to
precharge. If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge
before DRAM refresh, refreshing may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain
data. This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
RAS# to CAS# Delay (TRCD)
W hen the MCT Timing Mode sets to [Manual], the field is adjustable. W hen
DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately. This
setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS (row
address strobe) to CAS (column address strobe). The less the clock cycles, the
faster the DRAM performance.
ROW to ROW Delay (TRRD)
W hen the MCT Timing Mode sets to [Manual], the field is adjustable. Specifies
the active-to-active delay of different banks.
ROW Cycle Time (TRC)
W hen the MCT Timing Mode sets to [Manual], the field is adjustable. The row
cycle time determines the minimum number of clock cycles a memory row takes
to complete a full cycle, from row activation up to the precharging of the active
r ow.
Bank Interleaveing
W hen the MCT Timing Mode is set to [Manual], the field is adjustable. This
field selects 2-bank or 4-bank interleave for the installed SDRAM. Disable the
function if 16MB SDRAM is installed.
CM D-ADDR Timing Mode
W hen the MCT Timing Mode is set to [Manual], the field is adjustable. This
field controls the SDRAM command rate. Selecting [1T] makes SDRAM signal
controller to run at 1T (T=clock cycles) rate. Selecting [2T] makes SDRAM signal
controller run at 2T rate.
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SoftWare M emory hole
W hen the MCT Timing Mode is set to [Manual], the field is adjustable. Enable
Memory Remapping Around Memory Hole.
C51/ MCP55 PCI-Express Frequency
These items allow you to select the C51/MCP55 PCI Express frequency and overclock
the processor by adjusting the PCI Express frequency to a higher frequency.
Advance Voltage Control
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.
CPU to NB HT Voltage
Adjust the HT voltage betweent CPU and NB.
SB to PCIE VGA Voltage
Adjust the voltage betweent SB and PCIE slot.
NB to SB HT Voltage
Adjust the HT voltage betweent NB and SB.
NB to PCIE VGA Voltage
Adjust the voltage betweent NB and PCIE slot.
Important
The settings shown in different color in Adjusting Voltage items help to
verify if your setting is proper for your system.
G ray: Default setting.
Yellow: High performance setting.
Red:
Not recommended setting and the system may be
unstable.
Changing any Voltage item may result in the instability of the system;
therefore, it is NOT recommended to change the default setting for long-term
usage.
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Auto Disable PCI Clk
This item is used to auto detect the PCI slots. W hen set to [Enabled], the system will
remove (turn off) clocks from empty PCI slots to minimize the electromagnetic interference (EMI).
Spectrum Configuration
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.
CPU Spread Spectrum
This setting is used to enable or disable the CPU Spread Spectrum feature.
W hen overclocking the CPU, always set it to [Disabled].
C51 PCIE Spread Spectrum
This setting is used to enable or disable the C51 PCIE Spread Spectrum feature.
CPU/LDT Spread Spectrum
This setting is used to enable or disable the CPU/LDT (HT Bus multiplier) Spread
Spectrum feature.
M CP55 PCIE Spread Spectrum
This setting is used to enable or disable the MCP55 PCIE Spread Spectrum
feature.
SATA Spread Spectrum
This setting is used to enable or disable the SATA Spread Spectrum feature.
Important
1. If you do not have any EMI problem, leave the setting at [Disabled] for
optimal system stability and performance. But if you are plagued by EMI,
select the value of Spread Spectrum for EMI reduction.
2. The greater the Spread Spectrum value is, the greater the EMI is reduced,
and the system will become less stable. For the most suitable Spread
Spectrum value, please consult your local EMI regulation.
3. Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because
even a slight jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clock speed which
may just cause your overclocked processor to lock up.
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nVidia LinkBoost Technology
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.
NB<->SB LinkBoost Support
Overclock the HT clock between NB and SB by 30%.
NB<->SB Reference Clock
If the NB<->SB LinkBoost Support set to the Disabled, this item will apper.
You can adjust the HT clock between NB and SB manually.
PCIE LinkBoost Support
Overclock the PCIE slot frequency.
SLI-Ready Memory
Optimize the memory clock for SLI-Ready graphics card.
NVIDIA GPU Ex
Optimize the GPU clock for NVIDIA graphics card.
Important
You have to install the specific graphics card (such as 7900GTX/ 7950GX2
series) and the specific memory modules which support LinkBoost technology to let the LinkBoost items available.
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CPU and Memory Clock Overclocking
The CPU Frequency / CPU Dynamic OverClocking / Adjust CPU Ratio/ Memory
Clock are the items for you to overclock the CPU and the Memory. Please refer to the
descriptions of these fields for more information.
Important
1. CPU Speed = CPU Frequency * CPU Ratio
2. This motherboard supports overclocking greatly. However, please make
sure your peripherals and components are bearable for some special
s ettings . Any operation that ex c eeds produc t spec ific ation is not
recommended. Any risk or damge resulting from improper operation will
not be under our product warranty.
Two ways to save your system from failed overclocking...
Reboot
1. Press the Power button to reboot the system three times. Please note that, to
avoid electric current to affect other devices or components, we suggest an
interval of more than 10 seconds among the reboot actions.
2. At the fourth reboot, BIOS will determine that the previous overclocking is failed
and restore the default settings automatically. Please press any key to boot the
system normally when the following message appears on screen.
W arning !!! The previous performance of overclocking is failed,
and the system is restored to the defaults setting.
Please press any key to continue...
Clear CM OS
- Please refer to “chapter 2” for more information about how to clear CMOS data.
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Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults
The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to
the default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default
values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the
mainboard. The Fail-Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for
stable system performance.
W hen you select Load Fail-Safe Defaults, a message as below appears:
Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal system
performance.
W hen you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears:
Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance.
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BIOS Setting Password
W hen you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen:
Type the password, up to six characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password
typed now will replace any previously set password from CMOS memory. You will
be prompted to confirm the password. Retype the password and press <Enter>. You
may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.
To clear a set password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the
password. A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled. Once
the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup without
entering any password.
W hen a password has been set, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try
to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your
system configuration.
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Appendix A
Introduction to DigiCell
DigiCell, the most useful and powerful utility that MSI
has spent much research and efforts to develop, helps
users to monitor and configure all the integrated peripherals of the system, such as audio program, power
management, MP3 files management and communication / 802.11g WLAN settings. Moreover, with this unique
utility, you will be able to activate the MSI well-known
features, Live Update and Dual Core Center, which
makes it easier to update the BIOS/drivers online, and
to monitor the system hardware status (CPU/Fan temperature and speed) or to overclock the CPU/memory.
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Activating DigiCell
Once you have your DigiCell installed (locate the setup source file in the setup CD
accompanying with your mainboard, path: Utility --> MSI Utility --> MSI DigiCell), it
will have an icon
in the system tray, a short cut icon on the desktop, and a short
cut path in your “Start-up” menu. You may double-click on each icon to enable DigiCell.
short-cut icon in the system tray
short-cut path in the start-up menu
(path: Start-->Programs-->MSI-->DigiCell)
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Main
Before using this utility, it is required to have all the integrated peripherals/cards (LAN
card, W ireless LAN card, MegaStick... etc.) and all the necessary drivers (onboard
LAN driver, audio driver, CoreCenter, Live Update... etc.) installed correctly.
The icon representing each item will be lit up if it is inserted/installed correctly and
properly. Otherwise, the icon will remain gray and user is not able to view the
functionality/connection of that item.
Introduction:
Click on each icon appearing above to enter the sub-menu to make further configuration.
M SI
Click on this button to link to MSI website:
http://www.msi.com.tw.
Quick Guide
Click on this button and the quick guide of DigiCell will be displayed for you
to review.
H/W Diagnostic
In this sub-menu, it provides the information of each DigiCell button for you to
check if the representing peripherals/cards/drivers are correctly installed.
Comm.
In this sub-menu, you can see the configuration details for communication
products, including the status, strength, speed and channel of the connection of the Ethernet LAN & W ireless LAN.
Software Access Point
In this sub-menu, you can change your connection mode to different ones,
and configure the advanced settings for each mode, such as the authentication encryption... etc.
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Live Update
You can take advantage of Live Update to detect and update BIOS and
drivers online.
Dual Core Center
You can take advantage of Dual Core Center to monitor the health status of
your mainboard/ graphics card, and to overclock under W indows OS if your
system supports overclocking function. (See appendix of Dual Core Center
for detail imformation.)
M EGA STICK
If you have your MEGA STICK connected to your system, this icon will be lit
up. Click this blue icon to turn DigiCell into a MP3 player, and then you can load
media files from your MEGA STICK or the system, and edit the preferred
playlist.
Audio Speaker Setting
In this sub-menu, you can configure and test the multi-channel audio function,
speakers, sound effect and environment.
Power on Agent
In this sub-menu, you can configure date, time and auto-executed programs
of the power-on, power-off and restarting features.
Important
Click on back button in every sub-menu and it will bring you back to the
main menu.
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H/W Diagnostic
In the H/W Diagnostic sub-menu, you can see the information, status and note of
each DigiCell. You may double check the connection and installation of the item
marked as gray.
You may also click on the Mail to MSI button to send your questions or suggestions
to MSI’s technical support staff.
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Communication
In the Communication sub-menu, you can see the status of all the LAN / W LAN /
Bluetooth on the screen if the hardware is installed. The first icon indicates the
onboard LAN on your system, the second icon indicates the wireless LAN status,
and the third one is the information about the bluetooth on your system. Click on each
item for details.
This icon indicates the information and connection status of onboard LAN,
which is read-only.
The second icon indicates the wireless connection. You may click this icon
to configure the advanced settings in the WLAN Card Mode dialogue box.
Please note that it is only available when the Software Access Point is
set to WLAN Card M ode.
The third icon indicates the connection using bluetooth devices. If your
system is connected to the bluetooth device, the icon will light up.
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Software Access Point
In the Software Access Point sub-menu, you can see the communication status on
your system and choose the desired software access point mode by clicking on the
desired icon, in which the default settings are configured for your usage. The default
software access point mode is set to WLAN Card M ode. For more advanced
security settings and channels switching, click on “Setting” button to enter its submenu.
Terminology
Here are the introduction of W LAN / AP communication terminology.
WEP Key
In the wireless network environment, the administrator can set up password
(Network Key) to protect the network from being attacked or unauthorized
access. W hen building the network, you can set up 4 sets of W EP keys,
which can be 5 characters (10 hex-adecimal digital) or 13 characters (26
hex-adecimal digital) and specify one of them to use.
Ad-hoc M ode
An Ad-hoc network is a local area network or other small network, especially
one with wireless or temporary plug-in connections, in which some of the
network devices are part of the network only for the duration of a communications session. Users in the network can share files, print to a shared
printer, and access the Internet with a shared modem. In this kind of network,
new devices can be quickly added; however, users can only communicate
with other wireless LAN computers that are in this wireless LAN workgroup,
and are within range.
Infrastructure M ode
The difference between Infrastructure network and Ad-hoc network is that
the former one includes an Access Point. In an Infrastructure network, the
Access Point can manage the bandwidth to maximize bandwidth utilization.
Additionally, the Access Point enables users on a wireless LAN to access an
existing wired network, allowing wireless users to take advantage of the
wired networks resources, such as Internet, email, file transfer, and printer
sharing. The scale and range of the Infrastructure networking are larger and
wider than that of the Ad-hoc networking.
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Access Point Mode
Click on “Setting” button of the Access Point Mode and the following screen will
display.
IP Sharing
Click on this icon to enable/disable the IP sharing. The default of this setting is disabled.
Disabled
Enabled
Enabling/disabling IP sharing depends on the different situation. For example:
1. If your family and you are getting on Internet at home with multi computers, and
your ISP only provides one IP for you, you may need to enable IP Sharing
function in order to use this one IP to get on Internet with multi computers
simultaneously.
2. If you are getting on Internet in office, usually the LAN card will automatically get
the IP this computer uses. In this case you don’t have to enable this function.
SSID
Means Service Set Identifier, a unique name shared among all points in a wireless
network. It must be identical for all points in the network. Then the card will be able
to connect to an access point with the same SSID.
Channel
Specifies the operating radio frequency channel in Infrastructure mode, which
should be set to an available one (ex: with less traffic to ensure the stable and better
connection).
Associated Client List
This option is to display information of stations that are currently associated to your
wireless gateway.
Association Control
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enable this feature, only PCs with MAC address located in Association Control List
can connect to the wireless LAN.
M AC Address
MAC stands for Media Access Control. A MAC address is the hardware address of
a device connected to a network.
Security
This option allows you to enable/disable the authentication function.
Authentication
Communicates the key across the network.
Open:
Shared: Devices must have identical W EP settings to communicate.
WLAN Card Mode
Click on “Setting” button of the WLAN Card Mode for the WEP status of your APs.
If the AP you are selecting (the highlighted one) is not encrypted (Disabled shown in
the Encryption column), the screen will display as below. You can click “Connect”
to make connection to that AP, click “Cancel” to close this dialogue box, or click
“Refresh” button to update the available W LAN connections.
If the network you are selecting is encrypted (WEP shown in the Encryption column),
the screen will display as below. You need to enter the correct W EP key defined by
AP in the specified WEP Key 1~4 fields to make the connection.
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Live Update
Click on the Live Update icon in the main menu and the Live Update program will be
enabled.
The Live Update 3™ is a tool used to detect and update your BIOS/
drivers/VGA BIOS/VGA Driver/Utility online so that you don’t need to
search for the correct BIOS/driver version throughout the whole
W eb site. To use the function, you need to install the “MSI Live
Update 3” application. After the installation, the “MSI Live Update 3”
icon (as shown on the right) will appear on the screen.
Double click the “MSI Live Update 3” icon, and the following screen
will appear:
Several buttons are placed on the left column of the screen. Click the desired button
to start the update process.
Live BIOS – Updates the BIOS online.
Live Driver – Updates the drivers online.
Live VGA BIOS – Updates the VGA BIOS online.
Live VGA Driver – Updates the VGA driver online.
Live Utility – Updates the utilities online.
If the product you purchased does not support any of the functions listed above, a
“sorry” message is displayed. For more information on the update instructions, insert
the companion CD and refer to the “Live Update Guide” under the “Manual” Tab.
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MEGA STICK
In the MEGA STICK sub-menu, you can configure the settings of MSI MEGA STICK
and the media files (*.m3u, *.mp3, *.wav, *.cda, *.wma) on your system.
Basic Function
Here you can edit your own play list with the buttons “load”, “save”, “delete”,
“shuttle”, “repeat” & “print”.
Load
Save
Del ete
Shuffle
Repeat
Print
To load media files or the playlist of mp3 files (*.m3u) on your system or
on your MEGA STICK.
To save a loaded playlist of mp3 files (*.m3u) on your system or on
your MEGA STICK.
Click on the media files in the Play List: field and use “Delete” button
to remove the media file from the play list. You may remove multi media
files simultaneously by using “Ctrl” to select multi files.
To play the media file in the Play List: in a random order.
To repeat the selected files in the Play List:.
This button has 2 functions:
1. To print out the details of current play list through your printer with
the following information:
Song title --- Song length --- Singer name
2. To save the details of current play list and save the file in the plain
text file format in the \\Program files\MSI\DigiCell\MyMusic.txt for
your reference. The MyMusic.txt file is with the following information:
Song title --- Song length --- Singer name
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There is also a toolbar for you to execute some basic function, like play, stop, pause,
previous/next song, song info and volume adjust. There is also a scroll bar on the top
for you to forward/rewind.
previous
pause
next
f orward/rewind
bar
song’s information
stop
play
Right-click on the MP3 file and choose “Info”, a MP3 Info dialogue
will pop up to show the information of the file, including the title, artist,
album, release year and others. You may also add your own comment
in the comment field. Then click “Save” to save the change, click
“Cancel” to discard the change, or click “Remove” to remove all
this information.
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Non-Unicode programs supported
If you are using an operating system in European languages, and you’d like to play the
media files in MEGA STICK with East-Asian languages (such as Chinese, Japanese...
etc.), it is possible that the file names display incorrectly.
However, you can ins tall the Supplemental Language Support provided by
Microsoft to solve this problem. You need to have your Microsoft Setup CD prepared
in the CD-ROM. The system will start to install the necessary components after the
settings are configured here. Follow the steps described below.
1. Go to [Control Panel] and choose [Regional and Languages Options].
2. Go to the [Languages] tab and enable the check box of [Install files for East
Asian languages]. A dialogue box will pop up to remind you the above selection
is chosen.
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3. Then go to the [Advanced] tab and select the language you want to be
supported (the language of the filename in the MegaStick) from the dropdown list in the [Language for non-Unicode programs], then click [Apply]. The
system will install the necessary components from your Microsoft Setup CD
immediately.
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Power On Agent
In the Power on Agent sub-menu, you can configure setting of power-on, poweroff and restarting status.
In the screen below, you can set the date, time, start-up programs respectively for
power-on, power-off and restarting.
Power On
Here are the available settings for Power On function:
Date
Use the drop-down list to select the date for power-on.
T im e
Use the arrow keys to select the hour/minute/second for power-on,
power-off and restarting. Then click “Apply” to save the changes. As
you click “Apply”, the following dialogue will appear to show you the
next power-on schedule, and the system will start to count down to
restart. Click “OK” to restart the computer right away or click “Later”
to restart your computer later.
Important
Please note that the new setting will not take effect until you restart your
computer.
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Power Off / Restart
You may configure the time (in the format hh:mm:ss) for the next power-off / restart.
Start With
Use the button “+Add” to add the start-up programs
as DigiCell is activated next time. For example, you
may like to have Outlook activated or a specified
website linked when you get to the office every
morning.
Step 1: Click on the Program: field and click “>>”
add the des ired
button to browse for the path of Outlook or
start-with program
Internet Explorer.
Step 2: Click on “OK” to apply the setting.
Step 3: For specified file or specified website, you
may enter the file name with the complete
path or the website link in the Parameters: field.
To ac tivate O utlook as
DigiCell is enabled next
time
To activate a s pecif ied
website as DigiCell is enabled next time
Of course you may use the button “-Delete” to remove the added programs, or you
can right-click on the selected program and click Delete.
delete the added program
Important
You can also enable the Every turn on function, which will enable the
specified program(s) and file(s) every time the DigiCell utility runs.
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Auto Login
Since the Power On function allows the system to power on automatically, you may
have to enable this Auto Login function in the following situations:
1. If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office, and you need to
enter your user name & password everytime when you boot up your computer.
2. If there are multi users using the same computer and you’d like to power on the
computer automatically with one specific user.
Enable Auto Login
Enable this setting if you want to use the Auto Login feature. It supports the
following operating systems: W in9X, W indows ME, W indows 2000 & W indows XP.
Default User Name
It is only available for W indows 2000 & W indows XP.
-- If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office, please enter your
login user name in this field.
-- If you are using a computer with multi users (for Windows XP operating system),
please enter the user name you’d like to auto power-on in this field.
Default Password
It is only available for W indows 2000 & W indows XP.
-- If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office, please enter your
login password in this field.
-- If you are using a computer with multi-users (for Windows XP operating system),
please enter the password for the user name you’d like to auto power-on in
this field.
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Appendix B
Creative Sound Blaster
The mainboard is equipped with Creative CA0106 chip.
Creative CA0106 supports up to 8-channel & SPDIF audio
effect and allows the board to attach 2, 4, 6 or 8 speakers for better surround sound effect. The section will
tell you how to install and use 2-, 4-, 6- or 8-channel
audio function on the board.
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Hardware Setup
Connecting the Speakers
W hen you have set the Multi-Channel Audio Function mode properly in the software
utility, connect your speakers to the correct phone jacks in accordance with the
setting in software utility.
n 2-Channel M ode for Stereo-Speaker Output
Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each phone jack on the
back panel when 2-Channel Mode is selected.
Back Panel
1
4
2
5
7
3
6
1
Line In
2
Line Out (Front channels)
3
MIC
4
Line Out (Rear channels, but no functioning in this mode)
5
Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel, but no functioning in this mode)
6
S/PDIF Out-Optical
7
S/PDIF Out-Coaxial
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n 4-Channel M ode for 4-Speaker Output
Back Panel
1
4
2
5
3
7
6
Description:
Connect two speakers to back
panel’s Line Out connector and
two speakers to the rear-channel Line Out connector.
4-Channel Analog Audio Output
1
Line In
2
Line Out (Front channels)
3
MIC
4
Line Out (Rear channels)
5
Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel, but no functioning in this mode)
6
S/PDIF Out-Optical
7
S/PDIF Out-Coaxial
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n 6-Channel M ode for 6-Speaker Output
Back Panel
1
2
4
5
3
7
6
Description:
Connect two speakers to back
panel’s Line Out connector, two
speakers to the rear-channel
and two speakers to the center/subwoofer-channel Line Out
connectors.
6-Channel Analog Audio Output
1
Line In
2
Line Out (Front channels)
3
MIC
4
Line Out (Rear channels)
5
Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel)
6
S/PDIF Out-Optical
7
S/PDIF Out-Coaxial
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n 8-Channel M ode for 8-Speaker Output
Back Panel
1
2
4
5
3
7
8-Channel Analog Audio Output
1
Side Surround Out (Side channels)
2
Line Out (Front channels)
3
MIC
4
Line Out (Rear channels)
5
Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channels)
6
S/PDIF Out-Optical
7
S/PDIF Out-Coaxial
6
Description:
Connect two speakers to back
panel’s Line Out connector, two
speakers to the rear-channel,
two speakers to the c enter/
subwoofer-channel Line Out
connectors, and two speakers
to the side-channel Line Out
connectors.
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Installing the Creative Audio Driver
You need to install the driver for Creative CA0106 to function properly before you can
get access to 2-, 4-, 6- or 8- channel and SPDIF audio operations. Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems.
Installation for Windows 2000/XP
For W indows ® 2000, you must install W indows ® 2000 Service Pack4 or later before
installing the driver. And for W indows ® XP, you must install W indows ® XP Service
Pack1 or later before installing the driver.
The following illustrations are based on W indows ® XP environment and could look
slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems.
1. Insert the Creative audio driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The setup screen will
automatically appear.
2. Click Next to enter the next page.
Important
The screens shown in this chapter may be slightly different from the latest
software utility and shall be held for reference only.
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3. Select the language that you needed from the scroll list .
4. On the next page, click Install to start the installation and follow the setup instructions to complete the installation.
5. Finally, you have to restart the system on the last step .
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Software Configuration
After installing the creative audio driver, you are able to use the 2-, 4-, 6- or 8channel and the SPDIF audio features now. Click the creative volume control audio
icon
from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to activate the
Creative Audio Configuration. Or you can move the mouse to the top of screen and a
Creative MediaSource Go quickstart bar will float on the desktop, simply click on
each icon button to enter the configuration screen .
Creative MediaSource Go quick start bar
Creative volume control icon
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SURROUND MIXER
Click on the surround mixer icon to enter the configuration screen.
Here you can to create the perfect listening environment. You can adjust volume
levels, select input sources and even balance your speakers.
Use Creative Surround Mixer to select the device you wish to listen to or record from.
It operates in two possible modes. Click the Basic Mode or Advanced Mode button to
switch between the two modes:
In Basic mode, you can:
- mix sounds from various audio input sources when playing or recording.
- control volume.
In Advanced mode, you can:
- control balance and vary the loudness ratio between front/rear speakers.
- control the relative loudness levels between Front Center, Rear Center and
Subwoofer loudspeakers (if any).
For more information and usage details on Creative Surround Mixer, refer to its online
Help.
Important
You can simply click on the Default button to load the audio volume defaults
for the speakers you connected.
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SPEAKER SETTINGS
Click on the speaker settings icon to enter its configuration screen.
Here you can adjust your speaker configuration from one place. You can use it to
select your type of speaker system, and to adjust the volume and cutoff frequency
for your subwoofer.
This is the main application to use for the following tasks:
- Designating the number and configuration of speakers to use => select the
speakers type that you conneted.
- Testing your speakers => click on the Channel or Noise button to test the speakers.
- Activating or deactivating Digital Output => check the Digital Output Only item to
enable the Digital Output only.
- Managing bass output by selecting subwoofer crossover frequency and volume.
For more information and usage details on Creative Speaker Settings, refer to its
online Help.
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MEDIA SOURCE PLAYER
Click on the player icon to enter its configuration screen.
MediaSource Player is the digital music center for playing, creating, organizing and
transferring digital music. This is your ultimate all-in-one digital entertainment software.
W ith MediaSource Player, you can:
- experience immersive listening with EAX effects.
- clean up and convert your vinyl records and cassette tapes to digital formats with
the integrated recorder.
- rip CDs and create high quality compressed digital audio files (up to 320 Kbps for
MP3 & 160 Kbps for W MA).
- burn personalized MP3 and audio CDs with a CD-writer, and print your own CD
covers.
- organize your digital music collection with a powerful, easy to use music library.
- search for tracks with an advanced Find feature that searches as you type.
- transfer tracks and files seamlessly to and from your digital audio player with
AudioSync and SmartFit.
- automatically generate playlists from your music library, based on your preferences,
with Smart Playlist.
- rate each track (up to 5 stars) to automatically generate playlists of songs you like/
dislike, with Smart Playlist.
- automatically crossfade the end of a track with the start of the next track during
playback. MP3, W MA and WAV file formats are supported.
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EAX CONSOLE
Click on the EAX console icon to enter its configuration screen.
Here you can to configure the Sound Blaster Audigy processor's effects engine.
These audio effects take your computer beyond home-theater quality, immersing you
in sound so vivid, your imagination can almost "see" it.
Creative EAX Console consists of five sections: Effects, Karaoke, CMSS 3D, Cleanup, and Time Scaling.
Audio Effects: Environmental Sound Processing
In Audio Effects, you have to check the Enable Audio Effects item to enable its
configuration mean. Then you can choose how you want to enhance all kinds of
ordinary two-channel sounds.
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Karaoke: Creating instant karaoke music
First, you have to check the Enable Karaoke item to enable its configuraion maen.
Then you can create instant karaoke background music from any CD, MP3, W MA, or
WAV file by suppressing the vocals. You can also adjust the pitch of the music and
microphone effect to suit your voice.
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CM SS 3D: Simulating Surround Sound
Creative MultiSpeaker Surround (CMSS) 3D makes ordinary two-channel (Left and
Right Stereo) sound seem to surround you, even through only two speakers. For
users with 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 multichannel speaker systems, CMSS can also simulate
surround sound from ordinary stereo. This is useful for watching DVDs and VCDs,
which contain only stereo soundtracks, or listening to CDs with two-channel audio.
To enable the CMSS 3D configuration mean by check the Enable CM SS 3D item.
Then you can select CMSS for multichannel audio enhancement on 4/4.1, 5.1, 6.1 or
7.1 speaker systems.
Important
For a 5.1-speaker system, audio for your subwoofer is processed by the
speaker system.
Audio Clean-up: Removing noise and distortion
First, you have to check the Enabled Audio Clean-up item to enable its configuration
mean. Audio Clean-up allows you to process prerecorded as well as real-time audio,
in order to remove noise, click sounds and other artifacts. For example, when recording
music from old vinyl records, "click" and "pop" sounds can be removed with the
Clean-up feature. The Click Meter informs you whenever the noise clean-up feature
is activated during recording and also how many clicks are removed.
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Time Scaling: Varying the speed of playback
Karaoke fans and musicians may sometimes wish to slow a song down (or speed it
up) to catch the lyrics or play along with the music. However, varying the speed
usually also varies the pitch of the song. W ith the Time Scaling feature, Sound Blaster
Live! 24-bit users can maintain the pitch of a song while varying the playback speed.
For more information and usage details on EAX ADVANCED HD, refer to the Creative
EAX online Help.
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GRAPHIC EQUALIZER
Click on the player icon to enter its configuration screen.
Creative Graphic Equalizer (EQ) is designed to improve and fine-tune the audio quality
of your playback. You have to check the Enabled Equalizer item to enable the
configuraion mean. Just select any one of the factory presets, or adjust the boost or
cut amount (up to 12 dB) for 10 preselected frequency bands. You can also save the
settings as a custom preset once you are satisfied with the adjustments.
For more information and usage details on Creative Graphic Equalizer, refer to its
online Help.
Important
To enter online Help for each configuration mean by click on the
icon.
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Appendix C
nVidia RAID
NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Independent Disks
(RAID) technology—which is used by the world’s leading businesses—to the common PC desktop. This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk
space or to offer data protection. For all levels, RAID
techniques optimize storage solutions by using multiple
disks grouped together and treating them as a single
storage resource.
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Introduct ion
System Requirement
Operating System Support
NVRAID supports the following operating systems:
W indows XP
RAID Arrays
NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays described in this section:
RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write
times for many applications.
RAID 1: RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.
RAID 0+1: RAID 0+1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1 arrays.
RAID 5: RAID 5 defines techniques for parity data.
Spanning (JBOD): JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes
into one large disk
Summary of RAID Configurations
Array
Uses
Advantages
Drawbacks
# Hard
Disks
Fault
Tolerance
RAID 0
Non-critical data
requiring high
performance.
High data throughput.
No fault tolerance.
multiple
None
RAID 1
Small databases or any
other small capacity
environment requiring
fault tolerance.
100% data
redundancy.
Requires 2 drives for
the storage space of 1
drive.
2
Yes
RAID 0+1
Critical data requiring
high performance.
Optimized for both
100% data
redundancy and
performance.
Allows spare disks.
Requires 2 drives for
the storage space of 1
drive—the same as
RAID level 1.
4+
Yes
RAID 5
Critical data and
reasonable level of
performance.
Fault tolerance and
better utilization of
disk space.
Decreased write
performance due to
parity calculations.
Requires at least
three drives.
3+
Yes
JBOD
Combining odd size
drives into one big drive
Combines and uses
the capacity of odd
size drives.
Decreases
performance because
of the difficulty in
using drives
concurrently or to
optimize drives for
different uses.
Multiple
No
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RAID Configuration
Basic Configuration Instructions
The following are the basic steps for configuring NVRAID:
Non-Bootable RAID Array
1. Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS. (To enable
the OnChip RAID Controller and SATA0/ SATA1/ SATA2 Primary/ Secondary Channel in On-Chip ATA Devices of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS.)
2. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Striping and
Mirroring (RAID 0+1), RAID 5 or JBOD and create the desired RAID array.
3. Enter the W indows OS, run the W indows nForce Setup application and install the
RAID software. (Check p.C-9 for details.)
4. Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks.
Bootable RAID Array
1. Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS. (To enable
the OnChip RAID Controller and SATA0/ SATA1/ SATA2 Primary/ Secondary Channel in On-Chip ATA Devices of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS.)
2. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Striping and
Mirroring (RAID 0+1), RAID 5 or JBOD and create the desired RAID array.
3. Boot from the W indows CD, use the floppy disk that has the RAID driver to copy
and install the nForce RAID software. (Check p.C-7 for details.)
4. Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks.
Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS
Be sure to enable the OnChip RAID Controller and SATA0/ SATA1/ SATA2 Primary/ Secondary Channel in On-Chip ATA Devices of Integrated Peripherals
in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS. After that press F10 to save the configuration and exit. The PC will reboot right away. Then enter the RAID BIOS Setup by
pressing F10 when prompted, and follow the procedures described below to set up
the NVRAID BIOS.
NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you
want to make part of the array.
Entering the RAID BIOS Setup
1. After rebooting your PC, wait until
yo u s e e t h e R A I D s of t w ar e
prompting you to press F10. The
RAID prompt appears as part of
the system POST and boot process
prior to loading the OS.
2. Press F10, and the NVIDIA RAID
Utility --- Define a New Array window will appear.
The default RAID M ode is set to
Mirroring and Striping Block is
set to Optimal.
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Understanding the “Define a New Array” Window
Use the Define a New Array window to
• Select the RAID Mode
• Set up the Striping Block
• Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array
Depending on the platform used, the system can have one or more channels. In a
typical system there is usually one controller and multiple channels, and each channel has a slave and a master.
The channel/controller/master/slave status of each hard disk is given in the Loc
(location) columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists.
In the example above, 1.0.M means the hard drive is attached to Controller 1, Channel
0, and the drive is set to Master. The following is a list of all possible combinations:
Serial ATA
1.0.M
Controller 1, Channel 0, Master (SATA1)
1.1.M
Controller 1, Channel 1, Master (SATA2)
2.0.M
Controller 2, Channel 0, Master (SATA3)
2.1.M
Controller 2, Channel 1, Master (SATA4)
3.0.M
Controller 3, Channel 0, Master (SATA5)
3.1.M
Controller 3, Channel 1, Master (SATA6)
Important
There is no such thing as Slave drive in Serial ATA. All drives are considered
to be Master since there is a one to one connection between the drive and the
controller.
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Using the Define a New Array Window
If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is
highlighted.
• Selecting the RAID Mode
By default, this is set to [Mirroring]. To change to a different RAID mode, press the
down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box—either
[Mirroring], [Striping], [RAID5], [Spanning], or [Stripe Mirroring].
• Selecting the Striping Block Size
Striping Block size is given in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on the
disk. It is recommended to leave this value at the default [Optimal], which is 32KB, but
the values can be between [4 KB] and [128 KB].
• Assigning the Disks
The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free
Disks block. These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks.
To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk,
1. Tab to the Free Disks section. The first disk in the list is selected.
2. Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right
arrow key (-->). The first disk in the list is moved, and the next disk in the list is
selected and ready to be moved.
3. Continue pressing the right-arrow key (<-- ) until all the disks that you want to use
as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block.
It shows that two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks in the figure
above.
- Define a New Array -
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Completing the RAID BIOS Setup
1. After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. The Clear disk data prompt
appears.
2. Press Y if you want to wipe out all the data from the RAID array, otherwise press
N. You must choose Yes if the drives were previously used as RAID drives.
The Array List window appears, where you can review the RAID arrays that you
have set up.
3. Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up, then press Enter.
The Array Detail window appears.
4. If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C.
5. At the prompt, press Y to wipe out all the data, otherwise press N.
6. Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl+X to
exit the RAID setup. Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID
BIOS, the next step is to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as
explained in “Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under W indows” on p.C-9.
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Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array)
1. After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the W indows CD, and the
W indows Setup program starts.
2. Press F6 and wait for the W indows Setup screen to appear.
3. Specify the NVIDIA drivers:
(1) Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter. The
W indows Setup screen appears as below:
Important
Please follow the instruction below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver
for yourself.
1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Click the “Browse CD” on the Setup screen.
3. Copy all the contents in the :\\nVidia \System \MCP55 \IDE \Win XP
\SATARAID to a formatted floppy disk.
4. The driver disk for nVIDIA RAID controller is done.
(2) Select “NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER” and then press Enter.
(3) Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter.
(4) Select “NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller” and then press Enter. The following W indows Setup screen appears listing both drivers:
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4. Press Enter to continue with W indows XP Installation. Be sure to leave the floppy
disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of W indows XP
installation is completed, then take out the floppy.
5. Follow the instructions on how to install W indows XP. After W indows XP is completely installed, it is recommended that you install the the RAID management tool.
Important
Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have
to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver
will not have to be installed.
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NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation
Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows
(for Non-bootable RAID Array)
The existing W indows IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the Serial ATA driver if SATA
is enabled) must be upgraded to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the
NV Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled).
This section describes how to run the setup application and install the RAID software
which will upgrade the W indows IDE driver and install the RAID software.
1. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to open the NVIDIA W indows
nForce Drivers page.
2. Select the modules that you want to install. Make sure that the “NVIDIA IDE Driver”
is selected.
Important
You must install the NVIDIA IDE driver in order to enable NVIDIA
RAID. If you do not install the NVIDIA IDE driver, NVIDIA RAID will not be
worked.
3. Click Next and then follow the instructions.
4. After the installation is completed, be sure to reboot the PC.
5. After the reboot, initialize the newly created array.
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Initializing and Using the Disk Array
The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under W indows.
1. Launch Computer Management by clicking “Start” --> “Settings” --> “Control Panel”
then open the “Administrative Tools” folder and double click on “Computer
Management”.
2. Click “Disk Management” (under the “Storage” section). The Initialize and Convert
Disk W izards appears.
3. Click Next. The Select Disks to Initialize window appears. The disks listed depend
on how many arrays you have configured.
4. Click Next. The Select Disks to Convert window appears.
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5. Check the disk in the list if you want to make the array a dynamic disk, then click
Next. The Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk W izard window appears.
6. Click Finish. The “Computer Management” window appears.
The actual disks listed will depend on your system, and the unallocated partition is
the total combined storage of two hard disks. You must format the unallocated
disk space in order to use it.
7. Format the unallocated disk space. Right click “Unallocated space”, select “New
Partition…” and follow the wizard. After the drive has been formatted, it is ready
for use.
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RAID Drives Management
There is an application called NVRAIDMAN which helps you perform the following
tasks of nVDIA RAID.
• Viewing RAID Array Configurations
View an array configuration (mirrored, striped, mirror-striped, JBOD, or any supported combination)
• Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk
• View free and/or dedicated free disks
• Designate a free disk to a particular array
• Creating RAID Arrays
• Deleting a RAID Array
• Morphing From One RAID Array to Another
• Hot Plug Array
• Initializing a RAID Array
• Erase the data on the array by writing all zeros to the sectors of each hard
disk.
• Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array
• Rebuild a broken mirrored array
• W atch the progress of rebuilding an array
• Only applies to RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5 arrays
• Synchronizing a RAID Array
• Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 arrays (copy the data to the
redundant disk—the same operation as rebuilding)
• Rebuild the parity in RAID 5 arrays
Viewing RAID Array Configurations
To view your RAID configuration from W indows, launch the NVRAID Management
utility by double-clicking NvRaidMan.exe (the default location of NvRaidMan.exe is in
\\nVidia\System\MCP55\IDE\W in XP\raidtool\ of the setup CD accompanied with your
mainboard).
The RAID configuration information appears in the right-side pane, as shown below.
Important
The information in the figures in this part may very from what it is shown in
your system.
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Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk
You can designate a hard drive to be used as a spare drive for a RAID 1, RAID 0+1
or RAID 5 array. The spare drive can take over for a failed disk. NVRAID supports
two types of spare drives:
• Free Disk
A free disk is a disk that is not part of any RAID array, but can be used by any
available RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 array that requires a particular disk when one of its
disks crashes or becomes unusable. The process is automatic and doesn’t require
any user interaction.
For example, if you have a system with four hard disks where one disk is used to
boot the OS, two hard drives are set up in a mirrored array, and a fourth hard disk is
set up as a free disk, then if one of the mirrored array drives fails, the free disk will
be automatically assigned to the mirrored array to be used instead of the failed disk.
• Dedicated Disk
A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1, RAID 0+1 or RAID 5 array
and that disk is used by that array only when needed, for example during a system
crash where a RAID mirrored drive is broken. The dedicated disk can be used only by
the array that it is assigned to and not by any other array, unlike a free disk which can
be used by any available RAID 1, RAID 0+1 or RAID 5 array.
Note: You must have at least two RAID arrays to use this feature.
Assigning a Free Disk
To mark a disk as free, or not a part of any array,
1. Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as
free is RAID enabled.
2. Enter the RAID BIOS and make sure that the drive is not part of any array (if one
exists).
3. Boot into W indows and run the NVRAIDMAN program. The drive appears under the
Free Disk section. The figure below shows an example of the NVRAIDMAN display
if you have a mirror array and one free disk.
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Assigning a Dedicated Disk
To mark a disk as dedicated, or reserve it for use by a specific array,
Step 1: Mark the Disk as a Free Disk
1. Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as
free is RAID enabled.
2. Boot into W indows and run the NVRAIDMAN program.
If the disk is not part of any RAID array, then it will appear under the Free Disk
section of the RAID GUI.
Step 2: Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array
W hile running NVRAIDMAN, dedicate the free disk to an array by doing the following:
1. Right click one of the two Mirrored arrays as shown below.
2. Select Designate Spare from the menu to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard.
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3. Click Next.
The RAID Array Selection page appears.
4. From the Free Disk Selection page, select one of the two free disks available.
This would be the disk that will be designated to the mirror array.
5. Click Next.
The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears.
6. Click Finish.
As shown in figure below, the ST380011A drive is now a dedicated free disk in the
mirrored array. If a system crash occurs that causes any of the two W D360GD
drives to fail, the ST380011A hard drive will take over and be used in the newly
formed mirrored array.
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Removing a Dedicated Disk
Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to a particular array, it can be removed at
any time. To remove the disk, right click on the dedicated disk and select “Remove
Disk...” to remove it. In the previous example, simply right click on the ST380011A
drive and select “Remove Disk...”. as shown in the screen shot below:
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Morphing From One RAID Array to Another
In a traditional RAID environment, when a user wants to change the current state of
a disk or a current array to a new RAID configuration, the process of reconfiguring
the new array involves multiple steps. The user must back up the data, delete the
array, re-boot the PC, and then reconfigure the new array.
NVIDIA RAID allows the end user to change the current state of the disk or array to
another with a one-step process called .Morphing.. This section describes the NVIDIA
Morphing process and explains how to use Morphing to convert from one RAID array
type to another.
General M orphing Principles
NVIDIA RAID includes extensive support for morphing, a process of converting from
one RAID mode to another RAID mode.
General Requirements and Limitations
• The new array capacity must be equal to or greater than the previous array.
For example, it is possible to morph from a RAID 1 array to a RAID 0 array as long as
the RAID 0 array is the same size as (or larger than) the RAID 1 array.
• You can’t morph
- To or from a JBOD (Spanning) array
- From RAID 1 to RAID 1
- From RAID 0+1 to RAID 1
- From RAID 5 to 1
Specific M orphing Requirements
The following table lists the disk requirements for a new RAID array for various
morphing combinations.
From
To
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 0
RAID 0+1
New Array Disk Requirements
m>n
Number of disks in the new array must be greater than the original array.
m =2, n =1
RAID 1 array must include two disks, converted from a one disk RAID 0
array.
m >= 2 x n
Number of RAID 0+1 disks must be equal to or greater than twice the
number of RAID 0 disks.
RAID5
m >= n+1
RAID 0
No additional restrictions.
RAID 1
** Not a valid combination **
RAID 0+1
No additional restrictions.
RAID 5
m >= 3
RAID 1
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RAID 0+1
To
New Array Disk Requirements
RAID 0
m >=
> nn2
Number of RAID 0 disks must be equal to or greater than half the number
of RAID 0+1 disks.
RAID 1
** Not a valid combination **
RAID 0+1
** Not a valid combination **
RAID 5
m >= (n/2 + 1)
RAID 0
m >= n - 1
RAID 1
** Not a valid combination **
RAID 0+1
m >= 2 x (n -1) ; where m is an even number of disks.
RAID 5
m >= n
RAID 5
Hot Plug Array
W ith respect to RAID, hot plugging is the ability to add a disk to a system safely and
without causing problems for the RAID software. For example, when a drive in a
mirrored array fails, the user can launch the Hot Plug Array W izard which instructs
the user as to when a drive can be safely added to the system. As soon as the drive
is added, the user can then finish running the RAID wizard and the drive becomes
usable by the system. Hot Plug Array allows the user to add or remove an entire array
without degrading the array in the process.
NVRAIDMAN can be used to hot plug a RAID disk. To hot plug a disk, simply do the
following:
1 Launch NVRAIDMAN and click on “Hot Plug Array” and the following screen shot
will appear:
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2 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear:
3 Connect the RAID disk that you want to use with any given RAID array.
4 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear:
5 Click Finish.
Initializing a RAID Array
Initializing a RAID array erases all the data that is stored on that array, and writes all
zeros to the disks. Initialization of newly configured RAID arrays is recommended to
ensure consistency and reliable performance on any supported fault tolerant array
such asRAID 5, RAID 0, and RAID 0+1. Use this feature only if you are absolutely sure
that you want to wipe out all the data on that array.
Initialization of a fault tolerant array can only be done when the array is being
created. To initialize an array, perform the following steps:
Note: In this example, a mirror array is initialized.
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1 From the NVRAIDMAN window, right click on any available free disk and select
Create Array as show in Figure below.
2 The Create Array W izard opens. Follow the W izard to create a Mirror array.
3 At the Create Array W izard Welcome screen, click Next.
4 At the RAID Array Selection page, make sure that RAID Mode is set to “Mirroring”
and Stripe Size is set to its default value of 64K, then click Next.
5 At the Free Disk Selection page, select the two drives that you want to Mirror and
click Next.
6 Click Next again and the following screen shot will appear:
7 Check “Intialize Array” and then click Next. The Initialization Warning dialog appears.
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8 Click OK. The Clearing System Data screen appears again with the Initialize Array
check box checked as shown below.
9 Click Next, then click Finish at the Completing the NVIDIA Create Array W izard
screen. The NVRAIDMAN windows shows the created RAID array as shown below.
The Initialization Process
As you can see from the screen shot above, the initialization process has started
and it will be completed in a short period of time. As soon as the Initialization process
starts, a popup window similar to the following will appear:
followed by the following pop-up window:
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Rebuilding a RAID Array
Rebuilding is the process of restoring data to a hard drive from other drives in the
array. This applies only to fault tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, RAID 0+1, as well as
a RAID 5. For example, assuming you have a three disk RAID 5 array, and one of the
drives fail, then you need the lost data on the newly added drive.
Rebuilding Instructions
After creating a mirrored array, you can rebuild the array using the following steps:
1. Go to W indows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility.
The picture below shows an example of a system with one mirrored array and two
free disks.
2. Right-click on Mirroring. The popup menu appears.
3. From the popup menu, click Rebuild Array. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array W izard
appears.
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4. Click Next. The Disk Selection page appears.
5. Select the drive that you want to rebuild by clicking it from the list, then click Next.
The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears.
6. Click Finish. The array rebuilding starts after a few seconds, and a small pop-up
message appears towards the bottom right corner of the screen as shown in the
figure below.
W hen the rebuilding process is finished you will see the pop up box shown in Figure
below.
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During the rebuilding process, the NVRAID Management utility screen shows the
status under the System Tasks and Details sections.
M ore About Rebuilding Arrays
• Rebuilding Occurs in the Background
The rebuilding process is very slow (it can take up to a day) and occurs in the
background so as not to affect the performance of the system.
• Rebuilding Applies Only to RAID 1/ RAID 0+1 or RAID 5 Arrays
Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1 , RAID 0+1, or RAID 5. Rebuilding
does not apply to RAID 0 and JBOD arrays.
• Rebuilding applies to a degraded fault tolerant array
You can rebuild a degraded mirrored array using any available Free Disk or Dedicated
Disk. For example, Figure below shows a mirrored array using two 34.48 GB drives
while having two Free Disks each 55.90 GB large.
To use one of these available free disks to rebuild your array, follow the same steps
as explained in “Rebuilding a RAID Array” on p.C-22, except when prompted to select
a disk, choose one of the two available free disks.
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Synchronizing a RAID Array
Synchronizing an array will force a rebuild of redundancy or parity. The operation is
applicable to any fault tolerant array such as RAID 1, 0+1 and RAID 5.
• For RAID1 and RAID 0+1, “sync” results in copying the data to the redundancy disk,
• For RAID 5, “sync” results in rebuilding the parity
To sync an array, do the following (This example assumes you have already created
a fault tolerant array such as RAID 1):
1. Right click on “Mirroring” and select Synchronize Array as shown in Figure
below.
2. The Synchronize Array W izard Welcome screen appears.
3. Click on Next and then click Finish at the W izard Completion screen. The
NVRAIDMAN window indicates that the array is synchronizing, as shown in Figure
below.
As you can see from the screen shot above, the synchronization process has
started and it will be completed in a short period of time.
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Appendix D
nVidia System Driver
MSI provides a setup CD along with your mainboard,
which contains the required drivers for your system,
and many other useful and powerful utility to bring you
the best experience for your office professional working and for your home leisure entertainment.
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nVidia System Driver Installation
Click on the Driver tab and the screen below will display.
NVIDIA System Driver
This driver is only available for W indows 2000 and W indows XP operating system.
Please follow the following step to install the driver correctly.
1. Click on the NVIDIA System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System Drivers for
your W indows OS. Then the welcome dialogue will display. Click Next to continue.
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2. Then the following screen displays the available components to install. All the
components shown here will be selected to be installed by default. Then click
Next.
3. The system will start installing the selected driver components automatically.
4. Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver
installation. Click Next to continue.
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5. Then the following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver. Click
Yes to continue.
Important
The installation of NVIDIA Firewall and ForceWare Network Access Manager.
It is a software firewall to protect the softwares from hacking. However, it is
strongly suggested that you do not install this component.Please follow the
instruction below to make a software firewall CD for yourself.
1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Ignore the Setup screen and use “Explorer” to browse the CD.
3. In the \\nVidia\Firewall , double clicking the “NAMSetup” file to install
the software.
4. The driver disk for software firewall CD is done.
6. The following screen indicates that the installation is complete. Click Yes to restart
your computer or click No to restart it later.
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nVidia Utility Installaion
1. Click on the Utility tab and the screen below will display.
2. Then click on the NVIDIA Utility tab and the screen below will display.
3. Click the nTune Utility icon to install it.
NVIDIA nTune Utility - provides a safe and easy way to optimize PC performance.
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Appendix E
Dual Core Center
Dual CoreCenter, the most useful and powerful utility
that MSI has spent muc h researc h and ef forts to
develop, helps users to monitor or configure the hardware status of MSI Mainboard & MSI Graphics card in
windows, such as CPU/GPU clock, voltage, fan speed
and temperature.
Before you install the Dual CoreCenter, please make
sure the system has meet the following requirements:
1. Intel Pentium4 / Celeron, AMD Athlon XP/ Sempron or
compatible CPU with PCI Express slot.
2. 256MB system memory.
3. CD-ROM drive for software installation.
4. Operation system: W indows XP.
5. DotNet Frame Work 2.0
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Activating Dual Core Center
Once you have your Dual Core Center installed (locate the setup source file in the
setup CD accompanying with your mainboard, path: Utility --> MSI Utility --> Dual
Core Center), it will have an icon
in the system tray, a short cut icon on the
desktop, and a short cut path in your “Start-up” menu. You may double-click on each
icon to enable Dual Core Center.
short-cut icon in the system tray
short-cut path in the start-up menu
( path: S t ar t- - >P r ograms - - >MSI - - >
DualCoreCenter-->DualCoreCenter)
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Main
Before using this utility, we have to remind you: only when installing the MSI V044/
V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the full function of this utility. If you install
a graphics card of other brand, only hardware status of the MSI mainboard would be
available.
Introduction:
Click each button appearing above to enter sub-menu to make further configuration
or to execute the function.
MB
Click MB button to read current CPU temperature, FSB and CPU clock of
mainboard will show below.
VGA
Click VGA button to read current GPU temperature, GPU clock and memory
clock of graphics card will show below.
DO T
Click DOT button to enable or disable the Dynamic Overclocking Technology.
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AV/ Game/ Office/ Silence/ Cool
MSI provides five common settings for different environments. The settings
had been set to optimal values to reac h better performanc e in eac h
environment. Click the button you need.
Important
Before clicking the AV/ Game/ Office/ Silence or Cool button, select Smooth
mode or Sharp mode to decide whether you want the system to reach the
optimal values smoothly or quickly.
Sharp mode
Smooth mode
Clock
In this sub-menu, you can adjust and monitor the clocks of MB and graphics
card.
Voltage
In this sub-menu, you can adjust and monitor the voltages of MB and graphics
card.
FAN Speed
In this sub-menu, you can adjust and monitor the fan speeds of MB and
graphics card.
Temperature
In this sub-menu, you can monitor the temperatures of MB and graphics card.
User Profile
In this sub-menu, you can set the values of clock, voltage and fan speed by
your need and save them in a profile. You can save 3 profiles for further use.
Important
Click on the icon
, the clock, voltage, fan, and temperature buttons will
appear beside the icon.
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DOT (Dynamic OverClocking)
Dynamic Overclocking Technology is an automatic overclocking function, included in
the MSITM ’s newly developed Dual CoreCenter Technology. It is designed to detect the
loading of CPU/ GPU while running programs, and to over-clock automatically. When
the motherboard detects that the loading of CPU is exceed the default threshold for a
time, it will speed up the CPU and fan automatically to make the system run smoother
and faster. W hen the graphics card detects that the loading of GPU is exceed the
default threshold for a time, it will speed up the GPU, memory, fan and voltage
automatically to make the system run smoother and faster. W hen the CPU/ GPU is
temporarily suspending or staying in low loading balance, it will restore the default
settings instead. Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only
when users' PC runs huge amount of data, like 3D games or video process, and the
motherboard/ graphicd card need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance.
There will be several selections when you click the DOT rate button (include increase
rate
and decrease
rate buttons), to select the DOT level, then you have to
click the DOT button
to apply the DOT function.
DOT FSB-UP
Rate button
DOT FSB-DOWN
Rate button
Important
Even though the Dynamic Overclocking Technology is more stable than
manual overclocking, basically, it is still risky. We suggest user to make
sure that your CPU can afford to overclock regularly first. If you find the PC
appears to be unstable or reboot incidentally, it's better to lower the level of
overclocking options. By the way, if you need to conduct overclocking
manually, please do not to apply the DOT function.
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Clock
In the Clock sub-menu, you can see clock status (including FSB/ CPU clock of
mainboard and GPU/ memory clock of graphics card) of your system. And you can
select desired value for overclocking. There will be several items for you to select for
overclocking after you click
button. You can click the plus sign button
to increase the clock, or click the minus sign button
to decrease the clock. And
finally, click the Apply button to apply the values adjusted. If you do not want to apply
the adjustments, click the Cancel button to cancel. Or click the Default button to
restore the default values.
On the underside, it shows the graphs of the clocks. Only the curves of the item
which the button is lit up with red color will be shown.
Important
In the user profile, clicking the Save button can save the changes to it. In the
default profile, the Save button is not available.
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Voltage
In the Voltage sub-menu, you can see voltage status (including Vcore, memory, GPU
voltage... etc.) of your system, and you can select desired value for overclocking. It
will show several items to select for overclocking after you click the
button.
You can click the plus sign button
to increase the voltage, or click the minus sign
button
to decrease. And finally, click the Apply button to apply the adjustments.
If you do not want to apply the adjustments, click the Cancel button to cancel. Or click
the Default button to restore the default values.
On the underside, it shows the graphs of the voltages. Only the curves of the item
which the button is lit up with red color will be shown.
Important
In the user profile, clicking the Save button can save the changes to it. In the
default profile, the Save button is not available.
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FAN Speed
In the FAN Speed sub-menu, you can read fan status of your system. Select higher
speed for better cooling effect. There are several sections for you to change the fan
speed to a section after clicking
button. Click the plus sign button
to
increase the fan speed to a section, or click the minus sign button
to decrease.
Or click the Default button to restore the default values.
On the underside, it shows the graphs of the fan speed. Only the curves of the item
which the button is lit up with red color will be shown.
Important
1. When you set the fan speed manually, please make sure to disabled the
“Smart FAN Target” item in the BIOS.
2. In the user profile, clicking the Save button can save the changes to it. In
the default profile, the Save button is not available.
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Temperature
In the Temperature sub-menu, you can see temperature status of your system.
On the underside, it shows the graphs of the temperatures. Only the curves of the
item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown.
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User Profile
In the User Profile sub-menu, click the setting button that besides the user profile
bar, and the next screen will appear.
Here you can define the clock/ fan speed/ voltage by your need, click the
button to choose a value quickly, or click the plus
/ minus sign
button to
increase/ decrease the value.
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Use the draw bar to set the max system temperature. W hen the system temperature
exceeds the threshold you defined, the system will pop up a warning message and
shut down the system.
Use the draw bar to set the minimal fan speed. When the fan speed is lower than the
threshold you defined, the system will pop up a warning message.
After setting all values you need, you can change the user profile name in the box
then click the save button
to save all changes in a profile.
Finally, you can choose the user profile by click the button in the left side and click the
Apply button to load the user profile.
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